by KATHY HARTMAN
EDITOR
St. Johns County hopes to
quell rumors Thursday at a
public meeting explaining a
proposal to widen County
Road 210 east of the Palm
Valley bridge in Ponte Vedra
Beach.
"The hope is . for them
to understand" the project
and for the county to "try to
calm down some of the
rumor mill that's going
around," said Greg Caldwell,
the project's manager for the
county.

But some of those who
own homes near the project
area may not be happy with
any widening, according to
one resident.
"I think a good amount of
people would object to it,"
Laura Morey, a resident of
Sawmill Lakes, said Tuesday.
"It just seems like an
overkill."
A recent update of a 2001
corridor study confirms that
on 210 the only east-west
artery in Ponte Vedra -
widening "is going to be nec-
essary in a certain time
frame," Caldwell said

Tuesday.
"Projections in the '01
study were right on," he said.
Drawings showing a cross
section of the proposed proj-
ect will be presented at the
meeting, which begins at 7
p.m. at Landrum Middle
School, 230 Landrum Lane,
off 210.
As planned, County Road
210 would be changed from
two lanes into four on the
5,500-foot portion of the
road from the bridge to the
Mickler Road roundabout,
Caldwell said.
The project would include

bicycle lanes on both sides of
the road and a sidewalk on
the north side, adjacent to
Sawmill Lakes, he said.
Because the county right-
of-way believed to be 83
feet wide, Caldwell said is
-not wide enough for the proj-
ect, the county will have to
acquire additional right of
way.
To avoid bumping up
against some homes in
Sawmill Lakes, where resi-
dents have objected to the
project for years, the county
plans to ask the state for
property in the Guana pre-

serve, adjacent to the project
area to the south, Caldwell
said.
"The only place we looked
at for acquiring property is
from the Guana," he said,
acknowledging that obtain-
ing preservation land is "one
of the challenges that we
have ahead of us."
The land is part of the
Guana Wildlife Management
Area, within the Guana
Tolomato Matanzas National

The convicted felon charged with
the rape of an elderly woman in her
home in South Ponte Vedra Beach
will undergo an examination to deter-
mine is he is competent to stand trial.
The man, Mastho Davis, is sched-
uled to appear before Judge Wendy
Berger in the St. Johns County
Courthouse at 1:30 p.m. Thursday for
a pretrial hearing.
Linda Pruitt, spokesperson for State
Attorney John Tanner's office, said
setting a date for Davis' competency
hearing will be one of the items dis-
cussed at the hearing.

Mastho Davis

"It cannot go to trial yet," said
Pruitt. "Both sides will probably.talk
about setting a date for the evalua-
tion. There is still work to be done in
the case."
Davis, 35, who was arrested a few
days after the March 31 attack in the
2000 block of Ponte Vedra Boulevard,
is charged with sexual battery, pun-
ishable by a life sentence, burglary
with assault or battery and aggravated
battery on a person 65 years or older.
The victim was getting into bed in
her home when someone attacked
her from behind, according to sher-
iff's deputies. After the attack, she
made her way back into bed, where
she stayed until the next morning,
when she was found by family mem-
bers alerted because she didn't answer
calls, deputies said.
Davis is also. charged with carrying
a concealed weapon by a convicted
felon, a charged that came after police
picked him up as he walked along
Interstate 95 south of St. Augustine.
Pruitt said the prosecution and the
defense ha\e both requested Davis be
examined to see if he can understand
the charges against him and can help
in his defense.
Dr. Stephen Young has been
appointed to examine Davis, who will
be examined at the St. Johns County
jail,
See DAVIS, A-3

The Golden Gate Bridge is
seen in this photo taken on a
recent trip by Ponte Vedra
Leader editor Kathy Hartman
and her sister Laura
Frechette of Mentor, Ohio.
See photo gallery on our
Web site (www.ponteve-
draleader.com) and share
your vacation photos by
clicking on "more galleries"
then "click here to submit
your photos" at bottom of
galleries.

QUITE THE
CATCH

Summertime and the fishing
is good in the river and off-
shore. See B-2.

Sidewalk complete along

portion of PV Boulevard.

by DAVID M. LEVIN
STAFF WRITER
Residents along a portion of Ponte
Vedra Boulevard have a.sidewalk they
have pushed for over the past two
years.
Dana Current told trustees of the
Ponte Vedra Municipal Sprvice
District last week that the one-third
mile-long sidewalk, constructed
between 960 and 994 Ponte Vedra

photo by CHUCKADAMS
A new sidewalk stretches along the
900 block of Ponte Vedra Boulevard,
where residents helped foot the bill.

Blvd., is finished.,
"It is a wonderful addition. We are
very appreciative," Current told the
trustees at their monthly meeting at
the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch
Library.
Current said the sidewalk project
began two years ago with a plan to
make things safer for pedestrians and
bicyclists in the 800, 900 and 1000
blocks of the boulevard, a two-lane
road with much vegetation on both
sides in some areas.
"We have been collecting money
for the past two years. We had 28 of
30 residents take part [in the proj-
ect]," Current said in a phone inter-
view Tuesday.
The 28 residents each paid $750
toward the project, half of which was
paid for by the residents, he said. In
addition, 36 percent was paid for by
the county and 14 percent was cov-
ered by the MSD.
The MSD agreed last year to add
$5,000 to encourage the county to
help with funding of the sidewalk.
Current said there are still prob-
lems with speeding cars and drivers
who do not obey traffic signs, but the
sidewalk does help residents who do
not have to walk on the street.
"It [the sidewalk] makes it more of
a neighborhood.," said Current. "It
wasn't safe to walk on that street.
People exceed the speed limit. Now
we see people walk and ride their
bikes, and kids skateboard on it."
Current said because of the success
of the project, others hoping for a
sidewalk are using an 11-step list he
and his neighbors created in pushing
for the sidewalk.
"We used the list, arid because we
have had so many calls, we have
offered it to help other neighbor-
hoods," Current said.

photo by CHUCK ADAMS
Hallie Murta (right)examines a rock from a pretend Jordan River Tuesday
during vacation Bible school at Ponte Vedra United Methodist Church, while
Kristin Boehner, portraying one of Joshua's people, points the way. By
Tuesday, 46 children had enrolled in the Bible school held 9 a.m. to noon
daily this week.

Injury may be from shark

FROM STAFF bite," Williams said in a telephone
County officials were not able to con- interview.
firm if a weekend injury to a child in Williams said a girl was in the water
the ocean at north Vilano Beach was in outside her home on North Vilano
fact a shark bite. Beach Sunday when the incident
Dave Williams, aquatics superintend- occurred. Williams said the girl left the
ent for St. Johns County, said Tuesday water unaided and went to her home to
that if the injury were a shark bite, it show her parents the injury.
would be the first reported shark bite of
the season in St. Johns County. See INJURY, A-3
"It is unconfirmed if it was a shark

photo by CHUCK ADAMS
Harper Mays (left) and Charlotte Moore take a break Tuesday during art camp at
the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, where this week's theme is "Mud
Men, Botanical Bugs and Butterflies." Weekly camps continue through Aug. 17.
For information, call 280-0614.

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Once-fashionable silhouette art resurfaces in Ponte Vedra Thursday

FROM STAFF
Long ago and far away, when some-
one wished to preserve the likeness of
self or other, an artist was hired.
Portraits could take hours or days to
complete, making one wonder how
small children and animals could ever
have found themselves replicated in
oils.
An inexpensive and fast alternate

form of portraiture silhouettes -
developed in the late 18th century,
according to Antiques & Fine Art
magazine's Web site (antiquesandfin-
eart.com).
"Unlike oil portraits .. silhouettes
were inexpensive likenesses that
could be obtained in a matter of min-
utes," the site notes.
Some famous people have been

immortalized in silhouette. Think
George Washington (that nose!) and
his wife, Martha.
Silhouette art, once all the rage,
seems to have slipped into the shad-
ows.
But now comes a silhouette artist,
Bob Ford, scissors in hand, and offers
two silhouettes right side and left
side for $18, and in 15 minutes!

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Ford will be visiting Village Arts, a
custom framing and arts gallery in
Sawgrass Village, Ponte Vedra Beach,
on Thursday. Proprietor Virginia
Cantore said appointments were fill-
ing up rapidly.
For an appointment, call 273-4925.
In the meanwhile, try your skill at
matching some silhouettes with their
names.

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National Flip Flop bay
Jacksonville Beach's Tropical
Smoothie Cafe joins with the coun-
try's 245 other Tropical Smoothies
to launch what they're calling a
new summer holiday, National
Flip Flop Day, June 21. On
Thursday, patrons of the cafe at
1230 Beach Blvd. are encouraged
to wear their favorite flip-flop
sandals to celebrate the beginning
of summer.
"Rarely does a restaurant tell you
to leave your shoes at home," said
restaurant owner Ryan Wetherhold.
"We are telling you that now it's
OK."
The first 500 customers who enter the store Thursday wearing
flip flops will receive a free, 24-ounce Jetty Punch Smoothie.

Police arrest Creful

man for a

vulgar act in who you

kids play `

area at

restaurant

A 58-year-old man was
arrested Friday afternoon in
Atlantic Beach for exposing
himself in a vulgar or inde-
cent manner after employ-
ees at a restaurant told
police they saw him mastur-
bating in a children's play
area, according, to a police
report.
The complainants had
seen 'the man earlier at
McDonalds and told him to
leave.
According to the report,
the employees thought the
man had left, but at approx-
imately 5 p.m. saw him sit-
ting on a children's slide
with his pants around his
ankles, and he appeared to
be masturbating, according
to the report.
When he saw the com-
plainants, he pulled his
pants up and left, the report
said.
An officer checked the.
area and noticed feces on
the slide where the suspect
had been sitting,'the report
said. The suspect seemed
disoriented, according to
the report.
The charges are misde-
meanor charges, police said.

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Curiosity

can cost

you arrest

Curiosity can land you in,
the clink.
A 31-year-old Jacksonville
mai with an apparent curious
nature was arrested earlier
this month and charged with
driving under the influence, a
misdemeanor:
According to a police
report, the man pulled into a
convenience store parking lot
and questioned police about
an ongoing field sobriety test
being conducted.
A' potentially impaired
female driver was attempting
to walk a straight line in the
parking lot when the man
pulled his vehicle between
two squad cars and asked the
officers what was going to
happen to her.
Police asked the man to
park his car and turn off the
engine. According to reports,
they then -promptly arrested
him for operating a vehicle.
while drunk, noting in the
report that he exhibited sever-
al telltale signs of intoxica-
tion.

Once considered a matter of
necessity, a visit to the backyard
latrine is now part of Florida his-
tory.
Kevin McCarthy, a former
English professor at the
University of Florida, has
released "Florida Outhouses: An
Ode to the Shack in the Back."
The ode to the backyard com-
mode includes architectural
details, rules for use, memorable
pranks and oddities that have
befallen this once necessary
building.
"The advent of indoor
plumbing spelled the end of
outhouses in Florida and

though the decades these
unique structures have become
more and more rare," History
Press announced in a release
touting the book.
Part photographic journey,
part trivia, this entertaining
peek into such a private place
will make readers truly appreci-
ate that ugly linoleum in the
hallway bathroom even more.
"Now grandparents have to
explain to their puzzled grand-
children how the odd-shaped
out buildings with the crescent
moon carved in the door used
to stand in backyards across the
country."

State investigates reports of dead birds

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) is investigating reports of,
,more,than..200 dear. sr ick greater, shgerwa-:
ters, .a gull-like bird, since Saturday along
Florida's east coast. The birds have been found
from Hobe Sound in Martin County to South
Ponte Vedra Beach.-
Local wildlife rehabilitators, report receiving
numerous emaciated and dehydrated birds as
well. FWC biologists are examining the dead
birds to investigate the cause of this die-off.
Researchers with FWC's Fish and Wildlife
Research Institute are calling the die-off of
birds significant and have collected some of
the birds for testing. Initial necropsy results
are not definitive; however, preliminary find-
ings indicate starvation during the migration
process played a role. Additional test results
are pending.

"As only one species appears to be affected
and the sick and deadhbirds have similar symp-
toms, ,we, helievg the. ,seabirds.; ,re suffering
from the same ailment," said Dan Wolf,
research biologist. "In 2005, a similar, but less
severe shearwater die-off occurred."
According the Peterson Field Guide for
Eastern Birds, shearwaters spend their lives at
sea, well offshore in the open ocean except for
when they breed, nest and rear young.
The public can assist the investigation by
reporting sick, injured or dead birds online at
MyFWC.com/bird.. The public is asked not to
handle birds and to contact a local wildlife
rehabilitative facility for assistance with sick
or injured birds. The online wild bird, mortali-
ty database is a cooperative program between
FWC and the Florida Department of Health to
monitor bird health.

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Mom catches nine perfect waves

by CHUCK ADAMS
STAFF WRITER

"My dream was always to
catch the perfect wave. I
caught three," a surfing mom
says of her three children in a
frequently seen television com-
mercial. Melisa Page-Bailie of
Jacksonville could have said
the same thing Saturday but
her number would have been
nine.
An inaugural surf camp on
the Jacksonville Beach beach-
front at 16th Avenue South
offered good waves for 30
adopted and foster youngsters,
all riding surfboards for the
first time. Included in the
group were Page-Bailie's six
girls and three boys -one hers
biologically, the rest adopted.
For her son David Page, who
turned 13 Monday, the surf
camp, sponsored by Family
Support Services of North
Florida, Department of
Children and Families (DCF),
Jacksonville Beach Parks and
Recreation and Volcom, pro-
vided one of the best experi-
ences of his young life, he said.
An accomplished skateboarder.
despite being a double
amputee, having lost both legs
above the knee, he was one of
the first to ride.
"It was awesome. It was even
more than I expected. It was
fun," he said. "I liked waiting
for the wave to come up. It's
like adrenaline. Then you get
up on it and you're riding, and
you don't know if you're going
to fall off or not. I am going to
do this more."
The camp idea came from
Daniel Terry and his father
Rick. Daniel Terry is marketing
director of Volcom, which pro-
duces apparel for surfers, skate-
boarders and snowboarders.
Rick Terry, who works for the
state of Florida, helps foster
children find homes.
"We had the idea about six
months ago of getting adoptive
and foster kids together and try
to give them a fun day of surf-
ing," said Daniel Terry. "I don't
think any of them have surfed

Fr,,:..i t. L.1ELI.: F- IE.-B lLIE
Jay Dodson, one of several
volunteer instructors at
Saturday's surf camp for
adopted and foster children at
Jacksonville Beach, pushes
double amputee David Page,
an accomplished skateboard-
er, out into the surf. The 13-
.year-old, one of Melisa Page-
Bailie's eight adopted children
in a family of nine kids, takes it
from Ihere, riding a wave to
shore. "I am going to do this
more,"the teen said.

before, which is really good
because it gives us an opportu-
nity to reach out to them and
show what we do every day. It's
fulfilling, and a lot of joy
comes with it. That's one thing
we wanted to try to bring to
these kids, at least for one day."
The camp's instructors, in

Car fires doused

FROM STAFF
St. Johns County firefighters
responded to a car fire at
Christ Church Monday and
another Tuesday morning at a
home off Ponte Vedra
Boulevard, which spread to a
home and forced eight persons
from the structure.
The fire reported about 3
a.m. Tuesday was in a car
parked a few feet from a garage
in the 100 block of Coastal
Oak Circle, according to
Jeremy Robshaw, public infor-
mation officer for the St. Johns
County Fire Department.
SRobshaw said the fire quick-
ly spread to the garage and
attic of the home.
"We were called to the stene
of a passenger vehicle fire,"
Robshaw said. "We we got
there the fire was fully
involved We then changed
the call to a residential struc-

ture fire."
"We do not know how long
the fire had been burning," he
added.
Robshaw said the people in
the home were notified by
neighbors about the fire, and
everyone got out safely. No
one was hurt in the incident,
Robshaw said.
In the earlier incident,
Robshaw said, firefighters
responded to a vehicle fire at
Christ Episcopal Church on
San Juan Drive around 5 p.m.
Monday.
The vehicle was parked in
the circular driveway on the
Solana Road side of the
church. Robshaw said there
was no damage to the church
or the preschool.
The car was unoccupied.
There were no injuries. The fire
remains under investigation,
Robshaw said.

Injury: Parents got 911

Continued from A-1
Her parents then called 911 and the girl was transported by
emergency crews to Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, and was later
transported to Nemours Children's Hospital in Jacksonville,
Williams said.
"That is the last we heard of it," Williams said. He said some-
thing other that a shark could have caused the same kind of
wound the fin of a surfboard, for example.
While this may be the first shark incident in the county this
year, Williams said his office receives reports of shark sightings on
a daily basis.

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addition to the Terrys, were
professional surfboarders.
Jacksonville Beach Ocean
Rescue provided three life-
guards and an EMT lieutenant.
Cindy VanZant, who repre-
sented Parks and Recreation,
emphasized "safety first" in

talking with the kids.
"I think this is great for
them," said lifeguard Damian
Harris. "Surfing can be a great
activity. The waves are actually
really good for surfing. I wish I
had been surfing when I was
their age."

Davis: His pretrial hearing is scheduled Thursday

Continued from A-i over Davis' case from the Public
where he has been held since Defender's office.
his arrest. The court has also appointed
Carlos Mendoza, assistant Dr. Sherry Risch to evaluate
state attorney, 'and Jeremiah"' Davis in'order to assist'' the
'Munligan, 'Davis', attorney, ati -'deferfse, co ursel in the prepara-
permitted to watch the exami- tion for the case.
nation by closed-circuit televi- The state has filed notice that
sion. Mulligan was appointed it will seek sentencing of Davis
by Berger last month to take as a dangerous sexual offender.

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Sunrise:
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Sunset:
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Highs in the low 80s
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Sunrise:
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Sunset:
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with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater
skin protection.

The pretrial is a formal meet-
ing between both sides in a case
that helps determine if all
paperwork has been completed
:so' the trial date can be set. In
most cjaes, Prtlitt said, the court
looks to see that all depositions
have been taken, motions have
been filed and evidence has

been shared by both sides before
a trial date is determined.
Davis was released from a
New York state prison in August
1999 after serving less than
three years in a 1996 burgiyla-to
a residence, according.to that
state's corrections Web site.

210: Challenges ahead

Continued from A-1
Estuarine Research Reserve.
Acquisition of such preserva-
tion land would have to get
state approval including the
OK of the governor and his
cabinet.
Forces within the communi-
ty have tried to acquire Guana
land in the past, most notably
a 100-acre parcel for a high
school, which raised the hack-
les of environmental groups
and caused a flurry of e-mails
to the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection
(DEP).
The group of residents.push-
ing for that site gave up in
March 2006 after meeting with
a DEP deputy secretary in
Tallahassee.
The St. Johns County School
Board settled on a donated site
west- of the Intracoastal
Waterway to build the high
school, which is expected to
open in August 2008.
Caldwell said the county
"would love to get 17" feet
from the Guana so the right-of-
way would total 100 feet wide.
"One foot or 17 feet you
still have to go through the
same process," Caldwell said.
A swap with the state is pos-
sible, he said, but to mitigate
the impact, the county would
have to provide 2 acres of con-
tiguous land for every 1 acre of
the Guana given up.
The privately owned land
that could be used for such a
swap belongs to Herb Peyton,
founder of Gate Petroleum,
who offered some of that land
in last year's failed attempt to
get a high school site in the
Guana.
"There's some [mitigation
land] out there, but it's very
expensive," Caldwell said.
Morey said the biggest rumor
among Sawmill Lakes residents
is "the idea of them encroach-
ing on Sawmill Lakes proper-
ties," which could destroy
property values, she said.
Another is that an entrance
to the Guana is considered
across from the Sawmill Lakes
main entrance, with traffic
being controlled with another
roundabout, Morey said.
Thursday's meeting came as
a surprise to many residents in
Sawmill Lakes, but since the
meeting was announced last

week, many have been .made
aware of it through exchanged
e-mails, Morey said..
She said she expects many
residents will attend the meet-
ing.
"We're all kind of waiting
and seeing, seeing what the
county has to say," she said.

To the editor:
There has to be some middle
ground regarding the recent
editorial on how bikes should
obey all traffic laws.
If they were to enforce bike
traffic obeying all traffic laws,
do you really know what that
would mean? It would mean
that bikes could no longer
travel northbound on Strand
Street in Neptune Beach or
south on First Street in South
Jax Beach starting at Twenty-
fifth Avenue South. '
Bikes would no longer be
able to travel south on Beach
Avenue in Atlantic Beach or
south on Midway in Neptune.
It would mean all bikes would

have to come to a complete
stop at every block on First and
Second Street in Neptune
Beach. It would mean that
when all bikes come to the
traffic control measures on
First Street they would have to
go to second street to go
around. This is just to name a
few.
Personally, when I'm east of
A1A my main focus is on bike
and foot traffic and I don't
mind, it's part of its appeal and
what living at the beach has
always been about.
Bryan MacDonald
Neptune Beach

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Abstinence ed needs funding

To the editor:
Based upon a recent Health
and Human Service (HHS)
report, the shift of abstinence
funding to comprehensive sex
education funding is the worst
possible thing for the youth of
Northeast Florida.
Project SOS will lose much
needed funding that will elim-
inate their much needed serv-
ices in several schools in the
Northeast Florida area. Since
1993, Project SOS has taught
teenagers skills that help them
set boundaries, use refusal
skills, set goals, communicate
with parents, and avoid high
risk behaviors. In fact, since
federal abstinence funding was
made available to Project SOS,
the teen birth rate in Northeast
Florida has decreased 55 per-
cent! Are parents really ready
to turn the health education of
their student over to compre-
hensive sex educators?
Parents need to know that
.what is called "comprehen-
`sive" is really anything bi!'
According to the HHS report,
startling components of the
"comprehensive" sex educa-
tion programs for teens as
young as 13 include lessons
include:
Advocating showering
together as a no risk activity.
Promoting methods for sex-
ual stimulation.

Conducting sexual role-play
on how to help a partner
maintain an erection.
Describing how to eroticize
condom use with a partner.
Suggesting teens wear shades
or a disguises when shopping
for condoms so adults and par-
ents won't recognize them.
Parents communicated their
strong support for abstinence
education, as currently funded
by Congress, in a recent 2007
Zogby poll. In fact, regardless
of ideological leaning, parents
from across America supported
abstinence education over
'comprehensive' sex education
by a-2:1 margin. The very top-
ics that parents wanted curric-
ula to cover are absent in most
'comprehensive' sex educa-
tion."
Parents need to know who is
teaching their students and
what their students are being
taught. Comprehensive sex
education teaches little about
Abstinence (risk. -preventi~ai)
aod .focases hea\vibl oi n idn-
dom usage (risk reduction), and
ways to engage in sexual
behavior. Project SOS is
encouraging 10,000 parents to
contact their elected official
and demand that abstinence
funding not be cut!
Mat Pace
Project SOS
Jacksonville

LeMaster High School good choice

To the editor:
In the fall of 2008, the
hopes and dreams of this
community will be realized in
the opening of our new high
school.
Historically, schools have
been named for individuals
who have done much .to
enhance nd promote their
communities and the quality
of life issues that make them
desirable places to live and
raise families. No one did
more for this community
than Fdward B. "Ebbie"
LeMaster.
Tenacity and integrity were

the hallmarks of his involve-
ment in community issues.
Both locally and regionally,
he was involved in education,
conservation, the environ-
ment and civic activities.
His love for this area and its
people were only exceeded by
his love and affection for his
family.
As a tribute to this out-
standing citizen, we support
the naming of our new high
school, The Edward B.
LeMaster Ponte Vedra/Palm
Valley High School.
Carl and Barbara Bloesing
Ponte Vedra Beach

Tree Australian fellows, as
Sa ruse,, set up
SDarwinDating.com, a dat-
ing Web site only for beautiful
people. Every day, members of
the site vote to determine which
applicants are beautiful enough.
to become new members.
Got nerdy glasses, a balding
noggin or a nose that is bent or
out of proportion? How about
off-white teeth, large ears or too
many freckles? Congratulations,
you've violated the beauty rules
and you will be rejected.
You'll be rejected, the creators
of the site argue, because of
Charles Darwin's theory of evo-
lution. Through natural selec-
tion, Darwin said, the stronger,
smarter and healthier organisms
thrive and reproduce, whereas
the weaker organisms are elimi-
nated. Succeeding generations,
then, inherit the.more favorable
traits, thus perpetuating the
species.
But is physical beauty really a
sign of improved strength,
smarts and health? Not accord-
ing to a recent article in The
Sun. The paper recently report-
ed on stunning- wotien-' ho
prefer homely men.
These women find "rippling
muscles and chiseled good looks
a complete turn-off." They say
that pretty-boy fellows are dull
and self-absorbed, whereas
homely fellows work hard at
treating them like princesses.
Researchers at Newcastle
University in England say there
is a genetic reason beautiful
women are.drawn to such fel-
lows: It's a way of repairing the
gene pool. The idea is that the
classically beautiful man lacks
the durability of his uglier coun-
terpart. His genes, and his abili-
ty to fight disease, are not as
strong as they are in homely fel-
lows.

TOM PURCEI
COLUMNIST

Possibly because hom
lows have less chemic
goop seeping into their
According to Diane Fe
sociologist, only a tl
British women said loo1
the first thing that a
them to a man. Most art
to a man with a sense of
or financial and career st
How about that. Wha
. is new again.
Years ago, before the f
movement kicked-, inf
'a women had' few
options. They were expe
marry and have children
measured their success 1
husbands'.
It was the. golden era fi
Women were forced to
with boring men of higI
character. Even a short, c
bald guy could land an
tive wife so long as he
CPA.
But then the world cl
As women thrived in th
place, they no longer
men to support them
were able to get picky
decided to do to men w
had been doing to them
ure us by our looks.

To the editor:
Vandalism has gone too far.
On Monday night June 18 (3 a.m. Tuesday,
June 19) all of the Sea Walk road signage at Sea
Walk drive and Ponte Vedra Blvd was vandal-
ized and a. mysterious fire (car burst into
flames at approximately 3 a.m.) causing a
neighbor to call 911. The car fire ignited our
neighbor's house.
Anyone with any information about any
late night activity around Ponte Vedra

They decided they wanted us
to be pretty boys and, boy, did
we deliver. They decided they
wanted us to get in touch with
our feelings and, boy, did we
become sensitive, emotional
and self-absorbed.
Pretty soon, men were spend-
ing more time shopping at the
mall and getting their hair
primped than women ever did.
Pretty soon, our magazines had
the look and feel of women's
magazines. The headlines in
Men's Health became indistin-
Sguishable from Cosmo's.
LL Pretty soon, the state of men
and women was more confused
than it had ever been. As men
rely fel- got softer and more like women,
:al hair women got harder and more
skulls? like men -- and everybody was
elmee, a confused and unhappy.
third of But in London, at least, some
ks were women have had enough. They
attracted looked their sensitive, new-age
e drawn males in the eyes and saw some-
Shumor thing they didn't like: them-
uccess. selves.
it is old They decided to turn back to
what is opposite of them:
eminist Homely fellows who are confi-
o-'high -deit, 'witty ahds elfa':A~ft d.
'irarer Sure, they haWV'badtiigi gg~kiss
ected to and rough-looking mugs, but
n. They their authenticity makes them
by their compelling.
So while much of the world
or men. thinks it's progressive while so
consort many superficial folks think
h moral humans can rewrite the way we
chubby, are genetically wired -- some
attrac- folks in London are on to some-
had a thing.
They have rediscovered a sim-
hanged. pie truth -- that opposites
e work- attract. That only when men
needed and women celebrate their
. They oppositenesss" and uniqueness
r. They will sparks fly.
vhat we They've rediscovered some-
i: meas- thing else, too: Physical beauty
really is only skin deep.

Boulevard and Corona Road, Ponte Vedra By
the Sea, The Inlet at Ponte Vedra
Neighborhood on Corona Road, The Seawalk
Neighborhood, Neighborhoods south of
Corona Road and North of Corona Road near
Ponte Vedra Blvd should report anything sus-
picious to the St. Johns County police
Department.

I could say that I'm bowled
over, in a manner of speak-
ing.
The news (in the June 8
Leader) about the possible loss
of our only bowling empori-
um, Beach Bowl, isn't really
devastating.
I believe that the stated con-
fidence of its managers in the
business's viability is justified.
There's the company's lease
until 2012. Beyond that, judg-
ing from the packed blouse I've
seen on league nights, there
must somewhere be a "knight
in shining armor" (Manager
Robinson's description of a
potential buyer) ready and
willing to keep the lanes open.
As a matter of fact, on June
1, we heard 'that a Tampa
developer wants to start a
combination bowling alley
and restaurant on
Jacksonville's Southside. Get
this, keglers: It would be
called Splitsville.
If there's a chance that yet
another bowling operation
could be created in town,
where there are already severL
al, it seems th'e ieed for one at
the Beaches would have
much allure for the entrepre-
neur.
The sound of bowling pins
falling is a fondly familiar one
to me.
I grew up on a New Jersey
street with a bowlodrome
only a couple of blocks from
our house, and my first real
employment was setting up
the maples there. As a pinboy,
I learned the importance of
getting to work on time and
getting out of the way when
the ball was crashing through
the "forest."
Some of our lineup, termed
"pinheads" by the disgusted
manager, would occasionally
fake out a bowler with a weak
delivery and a light ball, usu-
ally a woman. The pinboy, by
keeping his foot on the pedal
that raised the pegs on which
downed pins are set, could
cause the ball to bounce off,
leaving the pins standing. No
doubt pranks like this helped
spur the development of
mechanical pin-setting
machines that eliminated the
pinboy's job.
Since then, I've formed a
theory about bowling form;
i.e., a bowler's delivery reveals
facets of his or her character.
A case in point is my long-
deceased father. He rolled a
"straight" ball. None of those
fancy-Dan curves and hooks.
When I persisted in trying to
convince him that putting a
little "action" on the ball
would be more productive, he
stubbornly declined.
Finally, tired of my pester-
ing, he said with a grin, "I
don't like to do tricky stuff!"
Joke or not, I should have
realized that he would bowl
in strict accordance with his
honest, straight-arrow nature.
So here's a post-Father's Day
toast to my square-dealing
Dad.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH
A 53-year old St. Augustine
man was arrested early
Sunday after a woman report-
ed she was shot at while she
was in bed in her home in the
2900 block of South Ponte
Vedra Boulevard, deputies
said.
St. Johns County Deputy
Lee Bentley responded to the
home shortly after 2 a.m.,
when a 51-year old victim
said she was asleep when an
ex-boyfriend woke her by
turning on the light, accord-
ing to Bentley's report.
The man began to scream
and then allegedly threatened
to kill her, the report said. The
suspect then fired one shot at
the victim, just missing her
and striking the pillow,
according to the report.
The suspect continued to
scream, stating he was going
to kill the victim and himself,
police said. He then left the
house and the victim called
the Sheriffs Office.
Deputies conducted a traffic
stop and the subject was
secured while the victim was
questioned.
Deputies arrested Stephen P.
Sarka, 53, and charged him
with attempted felony mur-
der, false imprisonment and
armed burglary, deputies said.
He was booked into the coun-
ty jail where he remained in
lieu of $100,000 bond.
* *
A 53-year-old Ponte Vedra
Beach man reported his $300
silver cellular phone was
taken from an unsecured
locker at the Winston Family
YMCA Friday while he worked
out in the gym.
* *
A supervisor at the Winston
Family YMCA reported that
three lifeguard chairs, other
pool furniture, a pool lap
timer and other equipment
were found in the Y's pool
Sunday afternoon. Total dam-
age was estimated at $5,000.
* *
A teenage girl reported see-
ing a stranger Friday after-
noon walk into the living
room of a house in the 400
block of Ponte Vedra
Boulevard. A construction
worker at a nearby job site
was questioned but three wit-
nesses said he was on the job
at the time of the reported
incident. -
-; * .*-. I , in
A property manager report-
ed Sunday evening that .two
decorative planters in the
pool area of Great Harbour
Way in the Ponte Vedra Lakes
area were shattered and sever-
al items were thrown into the
pool.

A Ponte Vedra Beach man
who was called June 13 by
Jacksonville Beach police,
who reported finding his
briefcase, discovered that his
car had been burglarized the
night before the call.
The Sea Lilly Lane resident
told deputies a $1,000 laptop
computer, $2,000 stereo, $800
Palm Pilot and $5,000 naviga-
tion system were missing
from the 2007 SUV. The man
said he had locked his vehicle
but deputies reported no sign
of forced entry.

A Miami man visiting a
Ponte Vedra Beach relative
reported headphones and a
portable DVD player were
taken from his 2004 SUV
some time between June 12
and June 13 while the vehicle
was parked in a driveway on
Fiddlers Hammock Lane. The

items are valued at $230.
* *
A resident of Royal Tern
Road in Marsh Landing
reported that sometime
between June 12 and June 13,
someone took a 24- pack of
beer from the refrigerator in
his garage.

A resident of Summerfield
called the Sheriff's Office
Friday after he pulled into his
driveway and noticed 50 nails
spaced out on the driveway
behind his wife's car. The
deputy reported that a nearby
home is having a roof
replaced and added, "but the
spacing of the nails in the
driveway were no accident."
The victim said that he had
no problems with the workers
or the homeowner but that he
"has recently come into a
heated debate with his home
owners association, and
believes they are retaliating
against him."

Two copper grounding bars
were reported stolen some
time between April 10 and
June 14 from a cellular tower
on Dixon Place off South
Roscoe Boulevard. A report
said that all the wires entering
the grounding bars. were cut
and left exposed and that the
thief appears to have known
the combination to the lock
on the barbed wire fencing at
the site. An employee of a cel-
lular provider said he went to
the site June 14 because of a
power loss at the tower. The
bars were valued at $3,500.

A plasma TV was reported
stolen sometime between 2
p.m. and 6 p.m. June 13 from
a model home in the Nocatee
area west of Ponte Vedra
Beach. Police said vehicle
tracks led from a road, across
a grassy area to the rear of the
model home. The television is
valued at $3,000.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH
Attempted burglary to a res-
idence was reported June 12
in the 2000 block of Lakeside
Drive. The complainant told
police that he and his wife
were asleep in bed at 11:15
p.m. when they heard what
sounded like a tree branch
striking the rear of the house.
The:next day a dirt mark was
observed on the front door.
,TtetmaiS. reviewed a security
tape and observed two
unknown male suspects try-
ing to kick in the door. One of
the men was seen peering in
the glass door before both
men kicked the door and fled.

Burglary to a residence was
reported June 12 in the first
block of Oakwood Road. Two
beach cruisers valued at $900
were stolen from the garage of
the home.

Kevin Randolph Odain, 31,
of Jacksonville was arrested
June 11 and charged with pos-
session and sale of a con-
trolled substance and posses-
sion of cocaine in the 3900
block of Poincianna Blvd.,
according to a police report.
Odain was observed deliver-
ing crack cocaine to another
defendant in his cab, police
said. He attempted to toss a
bag containing three grams
but police recovered the
drugs, the report said.

Auto burglary was reported
June 11 in the 600 block of
3rd Street N. A laptop com-
puter valued at $1,000 and a
personal checkbook were

stolen from a vehicle in the
parking lot of a restaurant.
* *
Neil Donovan Barbour, 50,
of Jacksonville Beach was
arrested June 11 and charged
with possession and sale of a
controlled substance and pos-
session of cocaine in the 3900
block of Poincianna Blvd.,
according to a police report.
The Community Response
Team conducted surveillance
on the property for a month
following complaints of drugs
being delivered daily.
* *
Julie Ann Williams, 35, of
Jacksonville Beach was arrest-
ed June 11 and charged with
possession and sale of a con-
trolled substance and posses-
sion of cocaine in the 3900
block of Poincianna Blvd.,
according to a police report.
Williams sold a crack pipe
with drug residue to a confi-
dential informant for $5,
police reported. She was over-
heard by police inviting the
decoy to come back later and
smoke crack, the report said.
* *
Attempted burglary was
reported June 11 at a home in
the 2000 block of Eastern
Drive. The victim came home
from work to discover that an
unknown suspect had
attempted to pry the front
door open. The door was
found partially open with
minor damage and cracked
trim.

Auto burglary was reported
June 13 in the 500 block of
Palm Tree Road. An unknown
suspect stole CDs, a CD case,
and $20 in change from the
vehicle. Total loss was $345.
* *
A threat was reported June
13 in the 1400 block of 8th
Avenue North. The manager
of a day care center told
police that she received a let-
ter in the school's mailbox
threatening to go to the
authorities and told her to
"prepare for the worst."
* *
Phone harassment was
reported June 18 in the 2300
block of Beach Boulevard. The
suspect threatened to dump
fuel and oil into a canal
owned by Beach Marine.

Grand theft of a motor
vehicle was reported June 17
in; the 1900 block of Beach
Boulevard.. A green 2003
Toyota four-door valued at
$17,000 was stolen from the
overflow lot of Adventure
Landing.
*
ATLANTIC BEACH
Burglary was reported on
June 16 in the 300 block of
Second Street, according to a
police report. An iPOD was
stolen from the victim's vehi-
cle, according to the report.
*** 1
Tracy Douglas Savant, Jr.,
28, was arrested for possession
of a controlled substance and
possession of cocaine on June
15 in the 900 block of Sailfish
Drive W., according to a
police report.
***
Grand theft was reported
on June 16 in the 400 block of
Selva Lakes Circle, according
to a police report. The tires
and rims were stolen from the
victim's vehicle, according to
the report.

David Michael Collier, 27,
was arrested for possession of
a controlled substance, pos-
session df 20 grams or less of
cannabis, possession of drug
paraphernalia, possession of
cocaine, felony possession of
a controlled substance while
in physical control of a vehi-
cle, according to a police
report.
***
Zachary Charlie Pittman,
46, was arrested for posses-

sion/selling a controlled sub-
stance on June 12 in the 1600
block of Mayport Road,
according to a police report.
***
Anthony Brown, 20, was
arrested for possession/selling
a controlled substance on
June 13 in the 500 block of
Adams Street, according to a
police report.
***
Willie Dehaven Woods, 33,
was arrested for
possession/selling a con-
trolled substance on June 13
in the 1600 block of Francis
Avenue, according to a police
report.
***
Rodney J. Hill, 32, was
arrested for possession/selling
a controlled substance on
June 13 in the 1600 block of
Mayport R6ad, according to a
police report.
***
Burglary was reported on
June 11 in the 300 block of
Magnolia Street, according to
a police report.
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Burglary was reported on
June 11 on Aquatic Drive,
according to a police report.
A surfboard was stolen from
the bed of the victim's truck,
according to the report.
***
Grand theft was reported
on June 12 in the 900 block of
Atlantic Boulevard, according
to a police report. The victim
left her purse in a shopping
cart.
***
Grand theft was reported
on June 12 in the 700 block of
Cavalla Road, according to a
police report. The victims
returned home from the store
and found a sliding glass door
open and their bedroom ran-
sacked. A box of checks, a
DVD player and a lock box
containing two gold bands.
and $300 in cash was stolen,
according to the report.

Larceny was reported on
June 13 in the 1600 block of
Main Street, according to a
police report.

John Leonard Crouch, 25,
was arrested for possession of
a firearm or concealed
weapon by a convicted felon
on June 14 in the 2000 block
of Bay Street, according to a
police report. ,
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Fraudulent use of personal
identity information was
reported on, June 11 in the
200 block of Belvedere,
according to a police report.
***
NEPTUNE BEACH
Burglary was reported on
June 15 in the 600 block of
McCollum Circle, according
to a police report. Someone
entered the victim's unlocked
vehicle, took $10 in change
and ransacked the, vehicle,
according to the report.

Grand theft was reported
on June 12 in the 500 block of
Atlantic Boulevard, according
to a police report. Water
pumps, valued at $1,055.61,
were stolen from the fenced-
in garden area of a hardware
store, according to a police
report.
***O
Grand theft was reported
on June 14 in the 200 block of
Atlantic Boulevard, according
to a police report. The victim
unlocked her bicycle and then
saw a friend. The victim
began talking to her friend
and had her back turned away
from the bike. The bike was
stolen while she was talking.
Neither the victim or her
friend saw who took the bike,
according to the report.
***
Justin M. Polk, 18, was
arrested for aggravated bat-
tery on June 16 in the 2300
block of Atlantic Boulevard,

according to a police report.
The suspect was in a car with
someone and they began
arguing. The victim told
police that the suspect
grabbed the steering wheel
while she was driving, which
caused her to lose control of
the vehicle and hit a light
pole, according to the report.
The suspect admitted to grab-
bing the steering wheel, but
after he was given a Miranda
warning, he told police that
he just motioned to the wheel
"playing around" and the vic-
tim tried to overcorrect,
according to the report.

Grand theft was reported
on June 13 in the 2000 block
of Fourth Street, according to
a police report. The victim's
tailgate was stolen from their
vehicle, according to the
report.

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J. Lee Pierce, Jr. died June 16,
2007. He was preceded in
death by his mother, Marjorie,
and his brother. Michael.
Pierce is survived by his
father, Jennings L. Pierce, Sr.;
his wife, Cindy; brother,
Richard (Ellen); son, Trey
(Melanie); daughters, Barbara
Pierce and Keli Aydlotte; six
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild; in-laws, Roseann
and Allen Salfer; numerous
nieces and nephews, many
friends and his two dogs, Lady

A memorial service for
Stephen Paul Joca will be held
at 9:30 a.m. Sunday on the
beach in front of the American
Red Cross Volunteer Lifesaving
Station at Beach Boulevard and
the Atlantic Ocean. All friends
of Joca are invited. For infor-
mation, call David Steams at
285-0240.
Joca, who died of leukemia

and O.B.
Memorial services will be
held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at Embassy Suites,
9300 Baymeadows Road,
Jacksonville.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made in Pierce's mem-
ory to either Community
Hospice of Northeast Florida,
4266 Sunbeam Road,
Jacksonville, FL 32257 or
Humane Society Animal
Shelter, 8464 Beach Blvd.,
Jacksonville, FL 32216.

June 1, was a 1965 graduate of
Fletcher High School. He also
was a past member of the
.Volunteer Lifesaving Corps.
An Orange Park resident at
the time of his death, Joca
earned two degrees from the
University of Florida. He
retired from the Navy in 1997
after serving for 27 years and
attaining the rank of Captain.

Leslie and Bobby
Weed felt like they
won Oprah's "wildest
dream come true"
when the PGA Tour
decided to adopt the
HEAL (Healing Every
Autistic Life)
Foundation for Autism
as one of its grassroots
charities.
The Valley of Dreams chari-
ty event will feature a dinner
gala and auction June 28 at
the TPC at Sawgrass and a golf
tournament June 29 on the
newly renovated Dye's Valley
Course.
Actress/model Jenny
McCarthy, whose 4-year-old
son has autism, will host the
event.
"We didn't apply for it but
the PGA Tour takes on grass-
roots organizations, so when
they said they would take our
organization as a charity, I felt
like I just won Oprah's
dream," said Leslie Weed,
whose 9-year-old daughter,
Lanier, has autism.
"The Tour gives $100 mil-
lion a year to charity, so I
knew the power of what this
meant."
The charity tournament
coincides with the rededica-
tion of the newly renovated
course, which golf course
designer Bobby Weed and
architect Pete Dye collaborat-
ed on when TPC Sawgrass was
built more than 25 years ago.
Leslie and Bobby Weed
started HEAL in 2004 with
pediatrician Dr. Julie Buckley
as a way to help families of
children with autism.
Autism is classified by the
World Health Organization
and American Psychological
Association as a developmen-

tal disability that results from
a disorder of the human cen-
tral nervous system.
Leslie Weed said because the
disease is considered a psycho-
logical disorder, most insur-
ance plans do not cover the
cost of treatment.
She estimates her family has
spent more than $65,000 over
the years in medical expenses
and tutoring for their daugh-
ter.
"Autism has become an epi-
demic that came on the radar

out of nowhere and it's still a
mystery," Leslie Weed said.
"At first they were saying
autism was genetic, and now
research is heading into envi-
ronmental triggers. Over the
course of dealing with this, I
made mental notgs on ho-, .T
could make this easier for
other parents and children."
According to the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC),
autism affects one in every
150 children born in the
United States. Four out of five

children with autism are boys.
SHEAL hopes to build The
HEAL House, a refuge provid-
ing resources and educational
programs for children, their
families and the community.
"Children with autism give
up their childhood in the ....
Shop of regaining their adult-
hood; they work, every day,
all day, at achieving what the
rest of us take for granted,"
Buckley said.
"Recovery is possible, and
fund-raising events like this

one will not only help facili-
tate recovery, but also help
bring about awareness and
education for the families of
children with autism."
Leslie Weed said she and
HEAL are also working toward
changing laws so that autism
is considered a neurological
disorder so therapies would be
covered by insurance.
"Bobby and I said it's like
we followed the stars to chart
our way across the ocean and
when we got across we saw all

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package, of course, is being able
to spend an entire weekend
with two teenagers.
This package has many ele-
ments first being the chance
to see what it is like when
those cute little babies turn
into sweat sock-wearing, self-
ish, eating machines who like
to sleep 10 hours a day, stay
out past curfew, leave personal
articles on every available inch
of floor space and use the bath-
room like a pig would use a
mud hole.
Part of this weekend will
include a phone call from the
high school office notifying
you that one of the teenagers
skipped third hour class. You
will then have to find out why,
sort of like a cute little scav-
enger hunt for the true facts,
and then do something about
whatever you found out.
There will be broken dishes
in the sink, one of the
teenagers will run out of gas on
the way home around 11 p.m.
and, of course, after you have
gone to bed, the other teenager
will break curfew at least twice,
and you will have to spend one
morning cleaning up toilet
paper that the teenager's
friends have flung all over the
yard.
The weekend might include
a last minute request for a
sleepover that will involve at
least six to 12 other teenager
girls who will eat and drink
every single thing you have in
your home that has chemicals
and preservatives. These girls
will also leave pieces of what
they eat all over the chairs and
carpeting and on the new
couch.
Just as in weekday teenage

photo by KAT'HY NICOLETTI
One of the ways Bridget Hawk says that she takes care of her family and foster children is to cook for them.

Hawk feeds more kids than most mothers

by KATHY NICOLETTI
COLUMNIST
ridget Hawk of the
West Beaches has
cooked meals for more
children than most mothers
ever will.
That's because Hawk has
been a foster parent to 23
children in the past three
years.
Her cooking roots began
in a in a small Suwannee
County town of O'Brien.
Most of the people who
lived there did some form of
farming, Hawk recalled.
Like most of the women
in O'Brien, Hawk's mother
cooked large, country-style
meals known as "suppers"
that were served at midday.
Hawk's mother passed her

love of food on to her three
daughters, who all learned
to cook at an early age.
When her own children
were young, Hawk, the
mother of two grown sons
and a teenage daughter, had
learned enough about cook-
ing to prepare good food
while staying on a strict
budget.
She cooks with staples
from her pantry combined
with meats and vegetables
that she has on hand to

make casseroles and other
main course dishes.
"You don't have to buy
every ingredient listed in a
recipe to cook well," she
said.
"It doesn't have to be dif-
ferent and expensive to be
good."
Hawk believes that when
children eat good food that
has been well prepared at an
early age, they learn to eat a
variety of foods. Most chil-
dren will learn to like foods
other than hot dogs, mac
and cheese, and chicken fin-
gers if presented with a vari-
ety of choices on a regular
basis, she said.
Many of her foster chil-
dren were used to a limited
diet, for some mostly fast
food and candy.

Mealtimes are family time
in the Hawk household, and
she said she tries to accom-
modate some of the chil-
dren's preferences while
introducing them to new
foods while keeping the
meals nutritionally bal-
anced.
"Cooking for a child
shows them that you love
them," she said.
Hot dogs and beans and
grilled cheese and tomato
soup are lunch time
favorites.
Hawk said every child that
has been in her care has
learned to eat at least some
fruits and vegetables. One
wrote at school, "My

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these people treading water
and we have to go back and
help them," Leslie Weed said.
"We've been riding the
wave for years and every day
we are making progress in dis-
covering how to help these
children."
For more information on
autism, HEAL and the Valley
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(904) 285-5651 or visit
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adventures, both of the chil-
dren will tell you their cell
phones did not work when you
try to call them to find out
why they are not home before
curfew. This will happen sever-
al times during the fabulous
weekend getaway.
You will, of course, be talking
to other parents who want to
know if their children, who are
not answering their cell
phones, are at your home
sleeping in the basement and
eating your food. Some of
those children will actually be
in the house when their par-
ents call, and you will have to
find them, wake them up, and
send them off to where they
belong.
During this weekend, there
will be numerous requests for
money. The teenagers will want
money for gas, money for fast
food, money for a movie,
money for clothes, money for
haircuts, money for yet more
technical pencils for math
class, money for the summer
trip and money for just about
anything else you can think of.
During this fabulous week-
end, you will also be so busy,
you will not have time to won-
der about having that baby.
You will however be as tired as
you would be if the teenagers
were still babies. You will not
get any sleep, you will go to
bed hungry because there is no
food left in the house and you
may get a dent in your car.
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Jay and Suzanne Stanford

Mark and Beth Thiele Mrs. Sarah Klump

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Suzanne Bidlack of Atlantic
Beach and Jay Stanford of
Neptune Beach were married
May 26, 2007, at Waterfront
Park in St. Marys Ga.
Barbara Ryan performed the
ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Skip and Becky Bidlack of
Atlantic Beach. She is a graduate
of Fletcher High School and the
University of North Florida with
a master's degree in deaf educa-
tion. She is employed as a
teacher at Sugarmill Elemeritary
in Camden County.
The groom is the son of Terri

Stanford of Neptune Beach and
Jeff Stanford of St. Marys, Ga. He
is a graduate of Fletcher High
School and the University of
North Florida. He is employed
by Lockheed Martin Space
Systems in Kings Bay, Ga.
Jessie Bidlack was the bride's
attendant. Alan Matthews,
Justin Hayes, Adam Bidlack and
Matthew Stanford were grooms-
men.
The couple spent their honey-
moon in Punta Cana,
Dominican Republic. They
reside in St. Marys, Ga.

Beth Guzman of Frederick,
Colo., and Mark Thiele of
Pueblo, Colo., were married
April 14, 2007, in Longmont,
Colo.
Pastor' John Sanders per-
foimed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Izzy and Joan Guzman of
Frederick, Colo.
The groom is the son of Gary

and Linda Thiele ofacksonville.
NilWki Guzman was the maid
of honor and Jill Guzman and
Jennifer Jacobsen were the
bride's attendants. Corey Pratt
was the best man. Groomsmen
were Jasun Smith David
Womack and Jason Hrobasky.
The couple spent their honey-
mWoon in Avon, Colo., and reside
in Loveland, Colo.

BIRTH

C.J. and Eva McAlister of
Neptune Beach announce the.
birth of a son, Jake Norris
McAlister, on June 17, 2007.
He weighted 7 pounds, 10
ounces and was 20.5 inches

long. He joins sisters Amanda
and Avery McAlister
Grandparents are Clint and
Gracie McAlister of Bossier City
La., and Janice McAlister of
Shreveport; La. .-

Sarah Jane Dixon of
Jacksonville and Thomas
Howard Klump of Washington,
D.C., were married on
Saturday, June 16, at
Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church in
Jacksonville.
The bride is the daughter of
Elizabeth and Charles Dixon of
Jacksonville. She graduated
from Episcopal High School in
2003 and magna cum laude
from the Walsh School of
Foreign Service at Georgetown
University in 2007. She is
studying for a master's degree
in Russian and East European

Studies at Georgetown.
The groom is the son of
Kathryn and Thomas Klump of
Seaford, Va. He graduated from
York (Va.) High School in 1997
and from the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point in
2001. He is a Bronze Star recip-
ient and an Iraq War veteran.
He is employed as a senior ana-
lyst by Booz-Allen-Hamilton in
Washington, D.C.
Rachel Bellard was the
matron of honor. Matthew
Klump was the best man.
Following a honeymoon to
Belize, the couple will reside in
Washington, D.C.

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CHEER CAMP

55TH ANNIVERSARY

Ernestine and Maurice
O'Brien of Jacksonville Beach
celebrated their 55th wedding
anniversary on Sunday, June
17.
The couple were married on
June 17, 1952, in Kingsland,
Ga. She is the former Emestine
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Koester.
They have three children,
Maurice O'Brien and Leon
O'Brien of Atlantic Beach and
Shawn O'Brien of Winston-
Salem, N.C., and one grand-
child.

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Students in grades kindergarten through 7th grade dress up in their favorite and funniest outfits during a summer Cheer Camp at
Fletcher Middle School.

PEOPLE & PLACES

Anthony J. Cain of Ponte
Vedra Beach graduated
Saturday, June 2, from
Hargrave Military Academy
in Chatham, Va.
Cain was one of 87 gradu-
ating seniors. He plans to
attend Florida Community
College at Jacksonville.
He is the son of Gary and
Margaret Cain of Ponte
Vedra.
* *
Chloe McQueen of
Jacksonville Beach, a 2007
graduate of Stanton College
Prep School, has received a
scholarship for academic
achievement from PRIDE
(Pablo Renewal in Duval
East).
McQueen, 17, plans to
study pre-med at Florida
nInternational University. ,
She is the daughter of
Wayne and Tina Harris, and
the granddaughter of former
Jacksonville Beach council-
man Margaret McQueen.
* *
Area residents named to
Samford University's dean's
list for the spring semester

Chloe McQueen

include Katharine Leigh
Baird, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tim Baird; and Micliael
Patrick Krombach, son' of
Dr. and Mrs. Michael A.
Krombach.
To qualify for the honor, a
student must have earned a
minimum 3.5 grade point
average. The Dean's List is the
highest academic recognition
given by the school at the

end of each semester.

Fleet Reserve Association
Branch 290 in Atlantic Beach
recently installed its new offi-
cers. Bob Burley was elected
president; Fred Hill first vice
president; Bob Cummings
treasurer; Christine Wallace
secretary; and Ed Jumberlick,
Mike Rotes, Bud Bedmfr,
Lewis Trundy and Dave
Davis board of directors.
For more information
about Fleet Reserve 290, call
-246-6855. The branch is at
390 Mayport Road.
* *
Trae Baker of Jacksonville
Beach has been accepted into
the Jacksonville Fire and
Rescue Department's Explorer
program.
:Baker, 18, recently earndd:a.~
high school diploma from
SThe Broach School in
Jacksonville Beach.
He is working toward a
Firefighter 1 certification. He
will begin the next level of
certification at Florida
Community College of
Jacksonville in the fall of

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2008. As part of his training,
Baker also will become certi-
fied as an emergency medi-
cine technician.
Baker earned Eagle Scout
status in January. He is the
son of Danielle Baker.

Cont. from A-6
mommy is the queen
because she is the best cook-
er ever," said Hawk,.adding
that she makes it fun for her
kids to try a new food.
For instance, sweet pota-
toes are known as "Sweet
Tater Fries" in her house.
Her kid-size Mini Meat
Loaves, baked in a muffin
pan, take less than a half
hour. Each is about the right
size serving for a young
child. Use the suggested sea-.
soning combinations or any
other that your family
enjoys.
When her three children
were young, Hawk started
using cream soups as the
base for sauces for casseroles
and other dishes. Since most
children like cheese, Ham
and Scalloped Potatoes baked
in a sauce made form ched-
dar cheese soup is a casserole
that most children have
liked.
Easy Alfredo is another
quick to prepare a main
course with either seafood or
chicken and served over
pasta.

The following are some of
Bridget Hawk's recipes for dish-
es that children enjoy.

partially cooked potatoes in
a 9x13 inch pan. Salt and
pepper the potatoes and add
in the diced ham. Pour in
soup mixture and gently mix
together. Cover with foil and
bake for 30 minutes.
Uncover, sprinkle cheddar
cheese on top and bake for
15 more minutes.

In a little oil or butter,,
saute garlic and choice of
crab, chicken, or shrimp
until shrimp is just pink or
other ingredients are almost
cooked. Add veggies and
cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove from pan and set
aside.
Mix mushroom soup and 2
cups milk in pan and cook.
Add parmesan cheese and be
sure to get all of the pan
drippings mixed in as well.
Add reserved veggies and
seafood or chicken back into
the pan. Stir gently and cook
for 3 to 5 minutes on low.
Serve immediately over a
favorite pasta.

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State Road A1A (3rd Street)

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You are invited to a public workshop to 4
discuss proposed transportation Financial Project ID:
improvements for State Road A1A (3rd 209361-2 and 208981-2
Street). The workshop will be held
Thursday, July 12, 2007, in the
Jacksonville Beach City Council SR10 (AtlanticBlvd.)
Chambers, 11 N. 3rd Street, Jacksonville
Beach, Florida 32250, N
NEPTUNE BEACH
Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. to allow you time Florida Blvd.
to review and discuss the exhibits and have
your questions answered by one of our staff. -
Then at 6:00 p.m. we will open the floor for Seagate A
public comments. It is the policy of the
Florida Department of Transportation to
prohibit materials andlor exhibits in our
public workshops, meetings and hearings
that are not the property of the Department.
Therefore, no outside party will be allowed toPab A
display or hand out materials in any of these e.
events. JACKSONVILLE BEACH Median
SR 212 (Beach Blvd.]* Closure
The proposed improvementsforSRA1A(3rd SR 212 (Beach Blvd. ure
Street) will include relocating the traffic
signal from 36th Ave. South / Ponte Vedra
Blvd. intersection to Jacksonville Dr. / 37th -
Ave. South intersection. A raised median will
be constructed at 36th Ave. / Ponte Vedra
Blvd. to improve the operational and safety c1
aspects of the roadway. Related
improvements will include building a new
access road from 36th Ave. South to
Jacksonville Dr. to provide access for
residents and businesses on the west side of Relocate Traffic
SRA1A. Other work in that vicinity includes Signal 36thAv. S.
replacement of a 48 inch storm sewer pipe D 37th Av. S.
across Jacksonville Drive. The storm sewer Jacksordnl -
replacement is recommended due to the JTB Boulevard
deteriorated condition of the existing pipe.

Also planned is the closure of the first median opening north of Beach Boulevard at Pablo Avenue and SR
A1A to allow for lengthening of the southbound left-turn lane at the intersection of SR A1A and Beach
Boulevard. These safety improvements are recommended to help reduce the number of crashes at these
locations. The proposed improvements will require minimal additional right of way.

This project is being developed in compliance with the Title VI / Nondiscrimination Program of the United
States Civil Rights Act. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age,
national origin, disability or familial status. If you need project or public workshop information or special
accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, write to the address or call the
telephone number given below, at least seven (7) days before the public workshop. Your attendance at
this workshop is encouraged and any comments made are appreciated. If you have any questions or
comments, please contact:
FDOT; Mr. George Carpenter, Project Manager 1-800-207-8236
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Eric Nickerson of Ponte Vedra Beach (right, holding block), gets helps from .. -. . ..
friends and family for his Eagle Scout project building a barbecue grill at 'J. 1 .
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 276 N. Roscoe Blvd. The crew, which worked a7W -7
January through March, level the ground (below right) where a slab has been .- ,-, -
poured. Work continues (below) with help from John Owens (in blue jacket),
a master mason. At bottom, Pastor Julie Frank (left) shows her delight when -.-
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June 20, 2007 SPORTS

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Team seeking to turn lives around

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The team joined the North
American Football League and
begins play in July.
Although the Cardinals will
look to play for a champi-
onship, the team's main priori-
ty is providing a positive influ-
ence within the community.
Johnson didn't know much
about minor league football
when he joined the organiza-
tion five years ago. But the
1988 Ribault High School
graduate's past in running a
production
company
paved the
way to where
he is today.
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background is
what attract- dated to ma
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this,"
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got involved
with the out to the
sport, about servir
Johnson
added the munity. It's
volunteer requirement,
instincts
passed along player. Each
from his participate i
father to
want to go session with
out and better at the home.
the lives of
children in
need.
"It's been
that way my
whole life," Totm y
Johnson said. North Floi
"It's carried presi
over from my
dad. He coached 25 years in
Pop Warner. He's a role model
to so many kids out there.
"I've grown up and watched
how he's helped so many kids
over the years. He'd make sure
they did their homework
before they got to practice. He !
took a very personal approach
to things."
Now, Johnson IIl wants to
have that same type of posi-
tive influence.
"I've been around that my
whole life," he said. "Now I i
want to rub it off on other
people as well."
That attitude played a huge
role in forming a partnership
with the Children's Home
Society of Florida. This is

where the Cardinals' players
will seek to make their impact.
"During the season, each
player will be mandated to
make a visit to the home,"
Johnson said.
"During the season, we will
invite the kids out to the
games. It's about serving the
community. It's part of the
requirements of being a play-
er.
"Each player will participate
in a mentor session with the
children at
the home.
The total
effort is to
allow our vol-
ie season, unteers torec-
will be man- ognize the
need for an
ke a visit to need for an
ke a visit to adult presence
men'ss Home in a young
child's life as
ring the sea- they spend
I invite kids time at the
Children's
games. It's Home
ig the com- Society."
The
part of the 'Children's
s of being a Home Society
was created in
h player will 1902 in
n a mentor Jacksonville
the children to help chil-
ithe children dren and fam-
ilies. The
Rams and the
Cardinals
partnership is
a big step for
S the squads
Johnson Il and for
rida Rams Johnson's
ident vision of com-

munity-ori-
ented teams that do more
than just suit up and play
football'once a week.
The Cardinals are an off-
spring of the former
Jacksonville Bobcats. While
Some of the players have
transferred over, few also went
along with the team's former
offensive coordinator, Scott
Jones, who now coaches-the
Cardinals first opponent, the
Hilliard Hitmen.
The Cardinals have four
'players from the Beaches area:
Shane Sanderson, James '
Zaboroskwi, George Wyrick
and Henry Sawyer.
The team's season starts July
7 against Hilliard at
Englewood High School.

Photos by DAVID ROSENBLUM
ABOVE: North Florida Cardinals quarterback Todd Jackson looks for an open receiver during a practice session Monday evening.
RIGHT: Cardinals coach Galloway works on fundamentals with Jackson.

By DAVID ROSENBLUM
SPORTS WRITER

Sometimes a football
team's purpose can consist
of much more than win-
ning games and champi-
onships. Among the priorities
for one newly-established
Jacksonville team of troubled
young adults, is becoming a
positive influence in the com-
munity.
That's something that North

Florida Rams President
Tommy Johnson III has grown
to know. His dad, Tommy
Johnson Jr., started North
Florida Rams Association, Inc.
as a way for athletes to get
their fill on the football field
while giving troubled young-
sters something positive to
look for in life.
The younger Johnson has
beer a part of the organiza-
tion since 2003 when his
father took over the company.
Since then, he has moved up

the ladder from being a gener-
al manager to his current posi-
tion as the president.
"My father started this and
wanted me to come in and
run things," Johnson III, who
goes by T3, said. "And that's
what I've been doing since."
The team is a member of
the Florida Football Alliance, a
league of non-profit teams
throughout the state. It's con-
sidered minor league football,
and the league exists to pro-
mote the 24 participating

football squads.
But taking to the gridiron
for spring games wasn't
enough for North Florida
Rams players. They wanted
more.
"We had this opportunity to
start another team," Johnson
explained. "The guys still
wanted to play in the summer.
This group wanted an oppor-
tunity to play for a champi-
onship."
That's how the North
Florida Cardinals got started.

Jax Axemen win rugby home opener

In front of about 1,000 fans at UNF's Hodges Stadium Saturday, the Jacksonville Axemen earned -
a victory in their home opener by topping Bucks County Sharks 32-28 in overtime.

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The Beaches Leader/Ponte Vedra Leader

FISHING

Big reds in the river and kings offshore

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s ally calm seas and lots of
action from big reds in the
river and kings offshore.
Capt. William Goodling, Bob
Phillips and Steve Swann used
live pogies around C.H. last
weekend and caught 15 kings.
Before heading home they
dropped to the bottom for one
keeper snapper and a good catch
of stringer fish.
Capt. Chris Rooney, John
Goodling, Tarus Chatman and
Ray Fontienau on the "Driftin &
Dreamin" fished the bottom 48
miles offshore last weekend.
They caught cobia immediately;
they weighed in at 28 and 30
pounds and then picked up two
dolphin at 12 and 15 pounds,
five triggerfish, a grouper and
several sea bass.
Capt. Mike Woodard from his
"Sajen" last Saturday trolled for
kings. Using dead cigar min-
nows with color, Capt. Mike
caught 24 kings weighing up to
25 pounds.
Capt. Dennis Young on the
"Sea Dancer" with the Spencer
Martin party, trolled live bait
over B.B. last Saturday and
gaffed 10 kings. Later in the
morning they moved over to
M.R. and picked up a 30-pound
cobia, an 18-pound grouper and
lot of sea bass.
On Sunday, the Duane
Schmidt party with Capt.
Dennis made the Elton Bottom
trip and brought a 20-pound

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grouper off the bottom, 41 trig-
gerfish, nine pink snapper and
24 large beeliners.
On the Jacksonville Beach Pier
last week, the king action con-
tinued. Ryan Richey caught his
second king of the season on
Monday and Spencer Brogden
picked up his first king on
Tuesday. Other anglers brought
ladyfish, drum and whiting over
the rail of the pier.
Jetty guide Fred Morrow
teamed up with Bill Strate last
Wednesday morning for 11 red
bass ranging in size from 28 to
33 inches.
On Friday, David Moore and
nephew Chuck Moore fished
the river for nine red bass. Eight
of the reds measured between
28-30 inches and another that
David caught weighed 41
pounds, they also caught three
drum that day. And on Saturday,
John and Wanda Cox with

Capt. Fred put their net under
three reds at 25, 31, and 36
inches.
Capt. Eddie Smith on the
"Turtle" is back in action. John
Devlin from Dearborn,
Michigan slow trolled with
Eddie recently within sight of
land and caught four kings, 41
sharks and a 44-pound cobia.
Alex Terrell and Ryan Johns
were guests on the "Turtle" with
Capt. Eddie and boxed eight
kings, two barracuda and two
bonita.
Charlie, Patrick, Johnny, Mike
and Maddie Snyder from
Galveston, Texas made a king-
fish trip with Capt. Eddie recent-
ly and caught 10 kings to 28
pounds. The Hazel Scheiderer
party on the "Turtle over last
weekend helped complete a
great week of fishing by boxing
eight kings, a pair of 'cuda and a
38-pound jack.
Bart Williams and his son
Brett checked in at B & M Bait
and Tackle with six reds and a
five-pound trout,
James Gergley, Matt Hamilton
and Jonathan Moran, on the
"Head Hunter" last Monday
fished dosed to the Shands

Bridge in the river for eight
flounder to five pounds, nine
tout to five pounds, and 12 yel-
low mouth trout.
On Tuesday James fished the
same area for six reds measuring
31-35 pounds, four drum and a
sheepshead.
* Capt. Kirk Waltz with Richard
Hill and his nephews on the
"Enterprise" last Monday reports
a catch of five kings. On another
trip last week in the river near
Blount Island, Capt. Kirk with
Leerie Jenkins, Jim McCullum,
Fred Franklin and John Delaney
lifted six reds off the bottom
weighing up to 35 pounds.
Jason Miller from his "Kill
Mill" last Friday pulled nine
flounder out of the sand and
then caught three reds and two
trout.
Last Friday Capt. Dave Sipler
was back on his secret speckled
trout spot where he picked up
16 trout, six reds, a flounder, five
drum and several bluefish.
Capt. Scott Reynolds and
anglers on the "King Neptune"
came home last week with snap-
per, kingfish, amberjack, trigger-
fish, sea bass and beeliners. On
Saturday they spent most of the

Photo submitted
David Moore and Marvin Humphries caught these sheepshead
recently with Capt. Fred Morrow at the jetties.

morning about 12 miles off-
shore where they brought eight
kings over the rail, amberjack to
25 pounds and two 13-pound
snapper to go with stringers
filled with sea bass and beelin-
ers.
On the "Mayport Princess"
last Monday things got exciting
when a 50-pound wahoo tan-
gled up a few lines before angler
Mark Thomton and Capt.
George Strate could get him on
the deck. Everyone was smiling
when the "Princess" tied up last
Friday. Anglers took pictures of
24 amberjack, a 30-pound
cobia, two kings, a 10-pound
mutton snapper and a man-
grove.
Al Wilshire and John
Burroughs on "John's Toy" in
the river last week caught a 36-
inch red bass, a 25-inch drum,
12 whiting, a speckled trout,
and lots of croakers.

Capt. Morris Anderson,
Brennan Seelie, Bill Wilderotter
and Mark Seelie on the "Gotta
Fish" fished the bottom at B.R.
last weekend for plenty of
excitement. Their catch included
25 fat beeliners, two amberjack,
a 30-pound cobia and a huge,
42.5-pound king. Brennen
caught the big king on a live
grunt near the bottom at B.R.
Last Monday, Capt. Bob
Cosby guided Larry and Ryan
McHugh to six red fish from 28-
31 inches at the jetties. On
Thursday, Capt. Bob took out
Sean and Kelly Doff who caught
flounder and trout in Sisters
Creek.
On Friday, he led Fitch and
Alex King and friends to Sisters
Creek for three trout to three
pounds, three flounder and
then a pair of oversized reds at
the jetties.
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Cabrera forgot he wasn't supposed to win

Photo by ROB DeANGELO
Tiger Woods hits from the rough at TPC Sawgrass during last.month's Players Championship. On'
Sunday, Woods and Ponte'Vedra's-yim'Furyk tied'for runner-up at this year's U.S. Open.

A ngel Cabrera. Somehow
it's refreshing to see a
S new name cashing in at
the big golf tourneys, the U.S.
Open being sort of known for
"unknowns" taking it all.
This year's winner, of course,
is not unknown outside this
country. Ask the fans down
Argentina way. But Cabrera is
not exactly a household hero
in these parts.
Still, the Argentinian showed
Sunday he has what it takes to
beat Tiger Woods, among oth-
ers including our own local
adopted son Jim Furyk, and
that alone makes him a cham-
pion even without a shiny cup
or check.
There was something about
the jovial-appearing South
American that reminded us of
Lee Trevino, the Merry Mex
(well, merry that is unless he
was playing poorly; then folks
were warned to take cover) and
it was good to see a new
champ arising.
If it weren't for the fact that
winning at Oakmont meant he
topped Furyk as well, Senor
Angel could have been
applauded by many fans here-
about. Except for the hero-wor-
shippers (including some
media members) who wept bit-
terly because the great Tiger
was actually relegated to run-
ner-up.
Good heavens! Doesn't that
South of the Border upstart
know he's not supposed to
come up here and humiliate
the Chosen One?
No wonder Congress is all in
a panic over immigration laws.
It's as though some foreigner
had sneaked in and hit more
home runs than baseball's
soon-to-be greatest, Barry
Bonds. Cabrera is from
Argentina, but next time it
could be someone from
Sweden, or Ireland, or
Tanzania, or Madagascar.
The Open is noted for such
upstarts, but those who broke
through in the past didn't spoil
thousands of worshippers'
Sunday by toppling Tiger
Woods. If you're wondering
whether second place bothers
the Striped One, you had only
to look at his face. It could be
voted Scowl of the Year.
Poor old Jim Furyk. Another
runner-up spot, but don't disre-
gard his talent. He'll be:back

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REX EDMONDSON
PRESS BOX

and maybe there won't be a
hole of disaster like No. 15 that
ruined his string of birdies and
essentially sealed his fate. Jim
must have felt like he was back
home being thwarted by No.
17 at the Stadium Course.
Woods couldn't blame any-
body or anything for his down-
fall. He played the second
round like a beginner.
Senor Cabrera went right on.
He forgot he wasn't supposed
to.

QB, or not QB? That
is the question
Who would have thought
that the big question for the
Fighting Jack Del Rios at this
point of the summer would be
whether to sign Daunte
Culpepper as the team's fourth
quarterback?
Who would have thought,
with all the needs along the
offensive line, the defensive
secondary, the special teams
squad and at receiver, the
Jaguars' brain trust would be
getting their jollies over sign-
ing a used, er-"pre-owned" in
the vernacular of car salesmen,
signal-caller who who used up
his goodwill in Minnesota and
Miami?
When early drills began,

Baseball School
Sunshine Baseball School
offers five remaining sessions at
Wingate Park in Jacksonville
Beach. The dates of the ses-
sions, which run from 8:30
a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday are: June 18-
21, July 9-12, July 16-19 and
July 30-Aug. 2.
The cost of each session is
$125, which includes lunch,
drinks and a T-shirt.
Instructors are Fletcher head
baseball coach Kevin Brown,
former head coach and Fletcher
assistant Dr. Jim Timmons and
one-time Fletcher shortstop
Boomer Bernstein, an Auburn
graduate who assists Brown
with the varsity baseball team.
Sunshine Baseball School is
open to youngsters aged 6-12.
Lunch and trivia are on each
day's agenda from 11:30 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m. Players end
the day swimming at the
Fletcher pool.
For information, call Jim
Timmons at 223-1664 (home)
or 521-2687 (cell).

Belly Dance Fitness
A new fitness dass has started
at Hollie's Dancin' Dream, just
west of the Intracoastal on
Atlantic Blvd. Belly Dance Fitness
is an hour-long class that pro-
vides a full body workout, bums
calories, sculpts muscles and
increases flexibility.
Classes are low-impact and
geared for all ages and levels of
fitness. Class meets Thursdays at
10 a.m., and starting June 5,
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $10
per session or a discounted pass
may be purchased.
For more information contact
Stephanie Smith at 285-7969 or
e-mail at ssredsmith@aol.com.

Boat Donation
If you're a boater with a pas-
sion for forensic science, and you
have a trailerable boat or PWC
that you might consider using as
a tax write-off, a new program
funded by the U.S. Coast Guard
could help the nation's waterway
accident investigators better
understand boat collision
dynamics.
The National Association of
State Boating Law Adminis-tra-
tion is seeking donated boats for
testing purposes in Virginia start-
ing in September. Watercraft
owners who wish to donate their
boats will receive verification of

Photo submitted
The Jacksonville Beach 8-U Rookie League All-Star team has qualified to compete in the Cal
Ripken state tournament to be played in Palm Beach Gardens June 29-July 2. Team members
are: John Bergermino, Max Holmes, Kyle Felix, Jimmy McCarthy, Greyson Byers, Mac Calloway,
Ashton Gonzales, Jacob Messier, Drew Parcell, Kaleb Gavin, Nolan Searcy and Rady Devenny.
The team is coached by Bobby Gonzales, David Searcy, Dan Devenny and Lee Messier.

the donation for tax purposes.
Boats need to be in operating
condition, including propulsion,
and include a trailer.
To donate your boat or find
out more about the program,
phone (859) 225-9687 or e-mail
info@nasbla.org.

Football and cheer-
leading registration
Jacksonville Beach Pop Warner
football and cheerleading registra-
tion will take place Saturday, June
30 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at
Wingate Park.
Registration fee is $145 and
more information is available at
jaxbeachjaguars.com or by phon-
ing Susan Miles at 249-0712.

Golf
Amelia Island Plantation has
announced Ed Bowe will become
the new Director of Golf Instruc-
tion.
Bowe is the director of training
for the ESPn Golf Schools, where
he conducts annual training for a
team of instructors. He is also for-
mer director of the Golf Digest

school's national headquarters.
Bowe has also written a wide
variety of golf instructional books
and articles featured in Golf
Digest and other publications.
Amelia Island Plantation offers
72 holes of championship golf
located just 29 miles north east of
Jacksonville International Airport.

Nease Fundraiser
The seventh annual Nease
football golf tournament will
take place July 16 at Marsh Creek
Country Club.
For more information on.regis-
tering, sponsoring a hole or to
donate, visit Web site at nease-
football.com or contact Fred Cole
at 819-0652 or 669-3260.

Soccer League
Registration is currently ongo-
ing for the Beaches Soccer League
sponsored by Fletcher High
School soccer teams. Interested
individuals may sign up at Soccer
Stop, 1518 N. 3rd St., Jax Beach
until July 20.
The recreational, five-a-side
league is open to all players 4

years old (by Sept. 2007) through
sixth grade. Games will begin the
week of Aug. 20 and will end by
the week of Oct. 8. All games
played on weekdays at 5:30 p.m.
at the San Pablo fields across
from Fletcher High.
The $60 registration fee
includes eight games, a shirt and
socks. For more information,
contact Mike Levine by phone at
635-8969 or e-mail at
levinem@dreamsbeginhere.org.

Swim Lessons
Beaches Aquatic Pool is offering
swimming lessons for beginners
to intermediates starting May 29.
Each course is for two weeks, four
days per week at a cost of $95.
Morning session includes inter-
mediate classes at 9 a.m.,
advanced beginners at 9:30 a.m.,
beginners at 10 a.m. and 10:30
a.m.
Evening session features begin-
ners at 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.,
advanced beginners at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, contact
the Beaches Aquatic Pool at 246-
3822. '.

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IALLIANCE

Adventure Landing and The Blood
Alliance Team Up for Summer Fun!
Adventure Landing and The Blood Alliance want
to make your summer fun by giving you discounts
on Laser Tag, Go-Kart rides, Mini-Golf, and Arcade
tokens at Adventure Landing. Just stop by any of
The Blood Alliance donor centers or bloodmobiles
from now until August 18th, register to donate
blood, and receive your coupon for fun at Adventure
Landing. Don't let the summer pass you by! For
more information, call The Blood Alliance at
353-8263 or log on to www.igiveblood.com.

there were more questions in
Jag Town than one would find
on a Jeopardy rerun but
signing another QB wasn't one
of them. How could any of us
have guessed they would even
consider another quarterback
when they already have Byron
Leftwich and his faithful
understudies, David Garrard
and Quinn Gray, waiting in the
wings?
Never mind that Culpepper
has a bum knee. Heck,
nobody's perfect 'cept for
Leftwich, of course. If Daunte's
knee does somehow miracu-
lously heal, it's anyone's guess
what his job would be in Teal
and Black.
Last we heard, if Culpepper
does become a member of the
Fighting Del Rios, he'd be des-
ignated No. 2 behind Byron
and ahead of Garrard. Sorry,
Quinn. Looks like you'd have
to circulate your resume, chock
full of clipboard-holding expe-
rience, amongst the other NFL
teams.
Anyway, waiting in line to
become No. 1 can be very
tedious. Ask Queen Elizabeth's
eldest son.
The real nitty-grotty doesn't
start until July 21 when the
Jaguars pitch camp again for
fun and games. Meanwhile,
they tell us this year's draftees
are being signed daily. What a
relief.

GTMNERR Family Fun Hour: Guana
Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine
Research Reserve hosts a Family Fun Hour
from 2-3 p.m. The GTMNERR hosts these
events the third Wednesday of each
month. June's event highlights owls and
features Martin Waddell's "Owl Babies."
The event is open to the public, including
large groups; however, children ages 3-10
must be accompanied by a parent.
Participation is free, but registration is
required by contacting the GTMNERR at
904-823-4500.

Thursday, June 21
Concerts in Plaza: The 16th season of
Thursday Concerts in the Plaza de la
Constitucion continues with Big Hungry
Boys. The Thursday concerts, which start
at 7 p.m., are free. For information, visit
www.plazaconcerts.com.

Kiwanis Club of Jacksonville Beaches:
Kiwanis Club of Jacksonville Beaches
meets at 12 p.m. at Selva Marina Country
Club. The speaker will be Pam Mullarkey,
executive director of Project SOS. Non-
members are encouraged to attend. Their
cost is $15. For information, call club pres-
ident Ed Robinson at 610-3740 or visit
www.beacheskiwanis.com.

Movies at Beaches Library: The
Beaches Branch Library, 600 N. Third St.,
Neptune Beach, offers movies in the Goin'
Ape series in June: the 1987 sequel "King
Kong Lives" with Brian Kerwin and Linda
Hamilton will be shown June 21, and. the
2005 remake "King Kong" starring Naomi
"'Wa~ts anid"Jack Black is up June 28. A
Classic Movie Night June 18 offers
"Twelve O'Clock High" starring Gregory
Peck. All movies will be shown at 5:30
p.m. For information, call 241-1141.

Friday, June 22
Friday Film Flick: "Los Zafires: Music
from the Edge of Time" will be shown at 7
p.m. at the Unitarian-Universalist

Photo by LIZA MITCHELL
The American Red Cross Life Saving Corps offers four handicapped surf chairs at the
Jacksonville Beach Volunteer Life Saving Station at Beach Boulevard and the ocean.
Donations were used to purchase one of the chairs and the Corps is hoping to add a
fifth to accommodate the busy summer months. The chairs are available from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily at no cost.

Fellowship of St. Augustine, 2487 A1A
South, St. Augustine Beach. The documen-
tary details the careers of a group of
Cuban musicians who, in the late 1950s
through the early 1960s, became as
famous as the Beatles in their home coun-
try. For information, call 904-471-4539.

Saturday, June 23
American Red Cross: American Red
Cross first aid, CPR and Automated
External Defibrillator (AED) course will be
offered from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the
USO, 2560 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach.
Anyone with a military ID gets a $5 dis-
count. For information or to register, call
the Mayport service center at 246-1395.

Free Legal Clinic: The Jacksonville
Beaches Bar Association holds a free legal
clinic from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Beaches
Branch Library, 600 N. Third Street,
Neptune Beach. Attorneys from the
Beaches Bar Association will be available
on a one-on-one basis to discuss a variety
of things, to include debt relief, elder law,
estates, family and domestic relations, real
estate and wills. For information, contact
Kyndra Mulder, president of the
Jacksonville Beaches Bar Association, at
296-7702, vws- x;A a

Safe Boating Saturdays: Safe Boating
Saturday will be held June 23 and July 21
at the Captain's Club, 13363 Beach Blvd.
America's Boating Course, conducted by
Beaches Flotilla 14-4 of the Coast Guard
Auxiliary, runs from 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. each
of the Saturdays. Each class costs $25. For
information or to register, call Mike

Christnacht at 502-9154.

Support A Vision: The 11th annual
Beaches Lions Club "Support A Vision"
golf tournament will start at 12:30 p.m. at
Jacksonville Beach Golf Club. A $100
donation will give an organization a sign
and up to four lines of advertising on one
of the tournament holes. Donations
should be sent to Jacksonville Beach Lions
Club, 14191 Beach .Blvd.-Suite 5,
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250. The event
raised $8,000-9,000 last year for the com-
munity's less fortunate. For tournament
information, call Carl Harrell at 868-9683
or e-mail pdgcarl@bellsouth.net.

Sunday, June 24
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training:
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training will be
held from 5-7:30 p.m. June 24 and July 29
at Tranquil Waters, 120 Lemon St.,
Neptune Beach. For Information, call
Dana at 372-0116 or visit www.strollerjize-
withchildyoga.com/workshops.html.

Tuesday, June 26
AARP Driver Safety Class: The AARP
Driver Safety Class, a two-day, four-hours-
each-day offering, will be held from 1-5
p.m.,Tuesday and Wednesday at;the Ponte
i:V-dia Beach Branch Librar. The, class,
which costs $10, is designed to promote
awareness of the effects of aging on driv-
ers once they reach the age of 50. After
finishing both sessions, participants will
receive a certificate of completion that
may entitle them to a discount on their
automobile insurance. To register, call
904-823-9208 or 904-273-0495.

Cancer Support Group: The
Cancer Support Group at
Baptist Medical Center Beaches
meets at 6 p.m. at the Florida
Cancer Center in Medical
Office Building B on the hospi-
tal campus. Call 247-2910 for
information.

Family Fun Hour: Guana
Tolomato Matanzas National
Estuarine *Research Reserve
(GTMNERR) hosts a Family
Fun Hour the third Wednesday
of each month. The event is
open to the public, including
large groups. Children ages 3
to 10 must be accompanied by
a parent. Participation is free,
but registration is required. All
materials will be supplied.
Contact the GTMNERR at 904-
823-4500. The GTM Reserve
Environmental Education
Center is at 505 Guana River
Road, South Ponte Vedra
Beach.

Sons of Italy: Sons of Italy
Beaches Lodge 2821 conducts
its general meeting at 7:30
p.m. the third Wednesday of
every month at the Adele
Grage Cultural Center, 716
Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. A
social time starting at 6:30
p.m. precedes the meeting.
Anyone, male or female of
Italian heritage or not, who is
interested in attending a meet-
ing is welcome as a guest. For
information, call 904-242-
4929.

Toastmasters of Ponte Vedra:

Toastmasters of Ponte Vedra
meets from 7:30-8:45 a.m. in
the administration building of
the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club.
Coffee is served. For more
information, call Michael
Steele at 904-910-1982 or visit
http://pontvedrabeach.free-
toasthost.net.

Yoga for Health: Yoga for
Health & Healing is offered
from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at
the Neptune -Beach Senior
Activity Center. The class is
designed for those reluctant to
attend a regular class but want.
to learn the fundamentals of
yoga. For information, contact
Leslie Lyne at. the Senior
Activity Center, 270-1688, or
call the teacher, Nancy
Rathburn, at 386-6453..

Thursday
Grief Support Group: Grief
Support Group meets the third
Thursday of every month at 7
p.m. in the Library of the
Family Life Center of St. Paul's
Catholic Church, 578 1st Ave.
N., Jacksonville Beach. The
group is for men and women
grieving the death of a family
member or friend. For infor-
mation, call Margaret at 280-
0871.

River City G.O.P.: The River
City Republican Club meets at
7 p.m. the third Thursday of
each month at the Regency-
area Piccadilly Restaurant, 200
Monument Road. All are wel-
come to attend. For informa-
tion, call RCPC president
George Davenport at 221-1617
or membership committee
chairperson Mary Jane Travis
at 246-3821.

Friday
Exchange Club: The
Exchange Club of the
Jacksonville Beaches, a non-
profit service organization
active in Beaches communities
since 1980, meets each week
from 7:30-8:30,a.m. at the Sea
Turtle Inn. First-time visitors
receive a free breakfast. The
club website, for information
about upcoming speakers and
programs, is www.jaxbeachex-
changeclub.com. The
Exchange Club distributes
funds to a variety of Beaches
causes. For information or to
join, contact Jack Morison at
904-318-7162 or at jmori-
son@jaxbeachexchangeclub.co
m.

River City Singles Club: The
River City Singles Club, Inc., a
chapter of the Singles
Association of Florida (SAF),
holds a dance from 8-11 p.m.
at the Knights of Columbus
Hall, 1501 Hendricks Ave.,
Jacksonville. Admission is $8,
$7 for members. Live music,
snacks and refreshments are
provided. For information, call
779-1234.

Saturday
Adopt-A-Rescued-Kitty:
Kittens and cats that have been
veterinarian-checked and test-
ed, and that have shots and
been neutered, are available for
adoption from 12-6 p.m. at
PetCo at Atlantic and Kernan
boulevards.

Ponte Vedra Writers: Florida
Writers Association's Ponte
Vedra Writers Group meets at
10 a.m. the fourth Saturday of
each month at the Ponte Vedra
Beach Branch Library. FWA is a

statewide, non-profit organiza-
tion with more than 750 mem-
bers dedicated to the support
and networking of aspiring
and published writers.
Meetings are open to members
and non-members. For infor-
mation, call FWA regional
director Vic DiGenti at 904-
285-2258.

Sunday
Breathing For Peace:
Breathing For Peace, an intro-
ductory meditation class, is
held from 1-2 p.m. at Cobalt
Moon Center, Sky Studio, 217
First St., Neptune Beach.
Taught by instructor Carol
Lutker, the class teaches meth-
ods of breathing meditation to
help increase relaxation and
concentration while bringing
health benefits and inner well-
being. The fee is $50 for six
weeks or $9 per session. Call
386-793-3013 for information.

Buddhist Teaching and
Guided Meditation: Each
Sunday, from 10-11:30 a.m., a
different topic applicable to
improving daily life is taught
by Buddhist teacher Carol
Lutker at Cobalt Moon Center,
217 First St., Neptune Beach.
The donation is $9, $5 for stu-
dents. For information and
other class times, call 386-793-
3013.

ALL REAL Estate advertised herein is
subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act,
which makes it illegal to advertise any
preference, limitation, or discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status or national ori-
gin, or the intention to make any such
preference, Imitation or discrimination.
The Leader Group will not knowingly ac-
cept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law. All per-
sons are hereby informed that all dwell-
ings advertised are available on an
equal opportunity basis.
If you believe that you may have been
discriminated against in connection with
the sale, rental or financing of housing,
call the United States? Department of
Housing and Urban Development -HUD-
1(800)669-9777, or for the hearing im-
paired 1(800)927-9275.
TIMBER COMPANY Liquidation 42
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newsletters, flyer and admin. work includ-
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general office organization. Call Jessica
850-259-7145. References available.

CASE NO. LDO49722
SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW)
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: DAVID
DORSETT
You are being sued. Petitioners
name is: SUZANNE DORSETT
You have 30 calendar days after
the Summons and Petition are served on
you to file a response (form FL-120 or FL-
123) at the court and have a copy served
on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will
not protect you.
If you do not file your Response on
time, the court may make orders affecting
your niarriage or domestic partnership,
your property, and custody of your chil-
dren. You may be ordered to pay support
and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot
pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee
waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a
lawyer immediately. You can get informa-
tion about finding lawyers at the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center.
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the
California Legal Services Web site
(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)., or by con-
tacting your local county bar association.
NOTICE: The restraining orders on
page 2 are effective against both spouses
or domestic partners until the petition is
dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the
court makes further orders. These orders
are enforceable anywhere in California by
any law enforcement officer who has re-
ceived or seen a copy of them.
The name and address of the court
are: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT
6230 SYLMAR AVE., VAN NUYS, CA
91401
The name, address, and telephone
number of petitioners attorney, or the peti-
tioner without an attorney, are: SUZANNE
DORSETT, 22287 CASS AVE., WOOD-
LAND HILLS, CA 91364.
Date: March 28, 2007
JOHN A. CLARKE, Clerk
By: S. MEI Woo. Deputy (Assistant)

BL5/30, 6/6, 13, 20

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
ARIZONA, YAVAPAI COUNTY
DO 820060454
Cindy Mae Koog Petitioner
and
Harold Mongcal Beeman Defendant

SUMMONS
FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO:
HAROLD MONGCAL BEEMAN

1) A lawsuit has been filed against you. A
copy of the lawsuit and other court papers
are served on you with this Summons
2) If you do not want a judgment or order
taken against you without your input, you
must file a written Response with the
Court. and pay the filing fee. If you do not
respond, the other party may be given the
relief requested in his or her Petition. To
file a written Response, take or send the
Response to the Clerk of the Superior
Court, Yavapal County Courthouse, 120
S. Cortez, Prescott, AZ 86303 or Clerk of
Superior Court, 3505 W. Hwy 260, Ste
102, Canip Verde, AZ 86322. Mail copy of
your Response to the other party at 1251
Peterson Rd., Camp Verde, AZ 86322.
3) Service by Publication is complete 30
days after the date of the first publication.
4) Copies of the court papers filed in this
case are available from the Petitioner at
the address at the top of this paper, or
from the Clerk of the Superior Court at the
addresses listed in Paragraph 2 above.
BL 05/30, 06/05, 06/13, 06/20

PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
BEACH

SECOND AND FINAL READING OF OR-
DINANCE NO. 2007-7937
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
'JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA
AMENDING ARTICLE VI 'CODE OF OR-
DINANCE BOARD' OF CHAPTER 2 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, KNOWN
AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDI-
NANCE OF THE CITY OF JACKSON-
VILLE BEACH, FLORIDA, BY REPEAL-
ING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLAC-
ING IT WITH A NEW ARTICLE VI CODE
ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE."
July 16, 2007- 7:00 P.M.

City of Jacksonville Beach
Council Chamber
11 North 3rd Street
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
COPIES OF THE PROPOSED ORDI-
NANCES ARE ON FILE FOR PUBLIC
EXAMINATION IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CITY CLERK OF JACKSONVILLE
BEACH. INTERESTED PARTIES MAY
APPEAR AT THE MEETING AND BE
HEARD.

If a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the'City Council with respect to
any matter considered at any meeting or
hearing, such person may need a record
of the proceedings, and, for such purpose;
such person may need to ensure a verba-
tim record of the proceedings is made,
which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be
based.

WORSHIP PIANO Teacher needed in
home, three hours weekly. $50-$100 an
hour depending on experience. To teach
3 children ages 14, 11 & 8. A Christian
home schooling family in the beaches
area is looking for a passionate teacher of
worship music who loves children. This
position will require proficiency in both
worship and also general technique. You
must be a Non-smoker without pet aller-
gies and able to provide own transporta-
tion to and from work: E-mail your resume
to jobsforseven @yahoo.com.

NOTICE TO READERS
HELP WANTED classifications in this
newspaper are intended to announce gen-
uine current job openings. No fees may be
charged to the prospective employee. Ads
for self-employment or business opportu-
nities appear under the Business Opportu-
nities category. Ads which may require
payment of fees for employment informa-
tion, guidance or training may appear un-
der Job Service. Should any Help Wanted
advertiser ask for a fee or if the advertiser
is offering a product or service rather than
a job opening, please notify The Beaches
Leader, 249-9033.

IF YOU are interested in advertising under
this category please call 904-249-9033 or
email: classified @ beachesleader.com

NOTICE TO READERS
ADVERTISERS IN this category are not
-offering jobs. They are offering job-related
services and may charge fees. Readers
are advised to exercise caution before giv-
ing credit card information over the phone
without knowing what specific product or
service they will receive.

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NOTICE TO READERS
WARNING: WHILE this newspaper does
not knowingly accept business opportunity
ads which require you to pay a fee to get
information or that refer you to 976-or 900-
phone numbers which will result in sub-
stantial charges to your phone bill, the
newspaper cannot guarantee the validity
of offerings in this classification. If any ad-
vertiser requires you to incur phone serv-
ice charges or pay a fee to learn the na-
ture of the opportunity, please report it to
The Beaches Leader, 249-9033.

ATTN; CONDO OWNERS
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for more information or visit us at
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Mackenzie Morris and Farley Callaghan relax before a game in last
weekend's Throw Down in the Dirt softball tournament held at Cecil Field.
The Ponte Vedra Storm won the 8U division. In the team photo, bottom
row, are Lauren Struble, Makenna Wade,Mackenzie Morris,Falrey
Callaghan,Alyssa Miranda and Elizabeth Warfield; m iddle row: Sara
Gray, Abby Zititiello, Madeline Sypniewski, and Nigole Jonson and top
row Coaches: BertMiranda, Dave Sypinewski,Larry Feldman PJ
Johnson and Head Coach Jeff Struble.
Photos SUBMITTED

at your neighborhood Library and Win Prizes!

The Beaches Branch Library and the Ponte Vedra Branch Library provide a
great summer of reading activities for children and youth of the Beaches.
Watch for Read BInGO, Scavenger Hunts, Art Contests and More at your library.

Young people participating in the Summer Reading Challenges will be recog-
nized weekly in The Leader, on www.beachesleader.com, and will win prizes
at the conclusion of the summer vacation. you can pick up BINGO cards and
Scavenger Hunt questions at the following locations:

Watch for winners in each issue of The Beaches Leader, Ponte Vedra Leader.

*City of Jacksonville Beach Surf Camps: Autistic surf camps will
be held June 25-26 and June 28-29 at 16th Avenue North. Rain
dates are July 9-10. For information, contact the lifeguard station
at 249-9141 or coach George Paugh at 312-3307 (cell).

*Saltwater Cowgirls Surf Camp: Over the summer, there will be
camps for girls and camps just for adult women. Space is limited,
so interested individuals are encouraged to sign up. For dates and
information, visit www.saltwatercowgirls.com or call 242-9380.

*Scuba Dive Camps: Eight camps specifically for teenagers, with
two different age groups, 12-14 and 15-18, will be offered over the
summer. Each camp is one week long, Monday through Friday,
with a maximum of six students per camp. Upon camp comple-
tion, student will be NAUI Open Water Certified. Full details can
be found at www.scubacamp.blogspot.com or by e-mailing Chris
Davis at simplyscuba@bellsouth.net.

*Super Surf Camp: The eighth annual Super Surf Camp, spon-
sored by the city of Jacksonville Beach in conjunction with Sunrise
Surf Shop, is a one-week, half-day camp from 8:30-11:30 am for
beginners. The final of two camps, which provides instruction on
basic surfing skills and water safety, will be held June 11-15. For
information, go to Sunrise Surf Shop or the Jacksonville Beach
Recreation Department or go online to the city of Jacksonville
Beach website, select Recreation and Parks, then select.surf camp.
The location of Super Surf Camp is 16th Avenue South in
Jacksonville Beach. Camps are open to ages 8 years and up. The
cost is $175 per week, which includes use of board, rash guard,
snacks and Gatorade and, at the end of camp, a T-shirt and other
giveaways. Administrators and instructors are from Sunrise Surf
Shop, the Recreation Department, Ocean Rescue, EMTs and para-
medics. For information, call 241-0822 or 247-6236.

*Surf into Summer Surf Camp: This year's camp continues to
August 13. Each camp runs from 8:45 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Locations vary week-by-week but include Jacksonville Beach,
Ponte Vedra Beach and St. Augustine. Camps are open to ages 7
and up. The cost is $195 per week and includes board rental, daily
snacks and drinks, camp T-shirt, end-of-the-week goody bag and
pizza party at Aqua East Surf Shop. Students must provide their
own swimsuit, rashguard, T-shirt, sandals, hat, towel and sun
block, as well as any necessary medication. During the week, stu-
dents learn the basics of paddling and catching waves, surf eti-
quette and water safety. Surf Into Summer Surf Camp has a low stu-
dent-to-teacher ratio, allowing for personalized help and attention
to each student. Camp instructors include former lifeguards, East
Coast surfing champs and mary local surfing experts. All instruc-
tors are CPR certified and have undergone intensive background
screening. Register at www.surfintosummer.com or at either Aqua
East Surf Shop to reserve a spot in this summer's camp.

*Jr. Lifeguard Camp: The City of Jacksonville Beach/American
Red Cross Jr. Lifeguard program is an overview of Ocean Rescue
lifeguard procedures to insure public safety while visiting the
beaches. Instruction in Ocean Rescue is offered. Participants will
learn how to use lifeguard equipment and must be good swim-
mers. Sessions for ages 9 to 12 will be held July 9-13 and July 30-
Aug. 3. The second of two sessions for ages 13-15 is offered June
25-29. Cost for each week of camp is $125. There also will be two
all-ages competition camps: July 16-20 and July 23-27. Camp
hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Jr. Lifeguard
Camps are held at the Lifeguard Station. For information, contact
the lifeguard station at 249-9141 or Coach George Paugh at 312-
3307.

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Read this monthlyfeaturefor your own Home Improvement Projects. I

How To Select A Standby Generator

Purchasing a Generator
If you choose to buy a generator, make
sure you get one that is rated for the
amount of power that you think you will
need: Look at the labels on lighting, appli-
ances, and equipment you plan to connect
to the generator to determine the amount
of power that will be needed to operate the
equipment.
For lighting, the wattage of the light bulb
indicates the power needed. Appliances and
equipment usually have labels indicating
.power requirements on them. Choose a
generator that produces more power than
will be drawn by the combination of light-
ing, appliances, and equipment you plan to
connect to the generator including the ini-
tial surge when it is turned on. If your gen-
erator does not produce adequate power for
all your needs, plan to stagger the operating

times for various equipment.
If you can not determine the amount
of power that will be needed, ask an elec-
trician to determine that for you. (If your
equipment draws more power than the
generator can produce, then you may
blow a fuse on the generator or damage
the connected equipment.)
Using a Generator
The primary hazards to avoid when
using a generator are carbon monoxide
(CO) poisoning from the toxic engine
exhaust, electric shock or electrocution,
and fire. Follow the directions supplied
with the generator. Every year, people die in
incidents related to portable generator use.
Under no circumstances should portable
generators be used indoors, including
inside a garage, carport, basement, crawl-
space, or other enclosed or partially-
enclosed area, even with ventilation.
Opening doors and windows or using fans
will not prevent CO buildup in the home.
The CO from generators can rapidly lead to
full incapacitation and death, but CO can't
be seen or smelled. Even if you cannot
smell exhaust fumes, you may still be
exposed to CO. If you start to feel sick,
dizzy, or weak while using a generator, get
to fresh air RIGHT AWAY DO NOT DELAY.
Because you may have windows open to
get fresh air while the power is out, be sure
to place the generator away from windows,
doors, and vents that could allow CO to
come indoors. To avoid electrocution, keep
the generator dry and do not use in rain or
wet conditions. To protect the generator
from moisture, operate it on a dry surface
under an open canopy-like structure, such
as under a tarp held up on poles. Dry your
hands if wet before touching the generator.
It is a good idea to install battery-operat-
ed CO alarms or plug-in CO alarms with
battery back-up in your home, according to
the manufacturer's installation instruc-
tions. If CO gas from the generator enters
your home and poses a health risk, the
alarm will sound to warn you. Test the bat-
tery frequently and replace when needed.
Be sure to turn the generator off and let it
cool down before refueling. Gasoline
spilled on hot engine parts could ignite.
Store fuel for the generator in an
approved safety can. Use the type of fuel
recommended in the instructions or on the
label on the generator.
Plug appliances directly into the genera-
tor. Or, use a heavy duty, outdoor-rated
extension cord that is rated (in watts or
amps) at least equal to the sum of the con-
nected appliance loads. Check that the
entire cord is free of cuts or tears and that
the plug has all three prongs, especially a
grounding pin. Never try to power the
house wiring by plugging the generator

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into a wall outlet, a practice known as
"backfeeding." This is an extremely danger-
ous practice that presents an electrocution
risk to utility workers and neighbors served
by the same utility transformer. It also
bypasses some of the built-in household
protection devices.
Future Considerations
The only recommended method to con-
nect a generator to house wiring is by hav-
ing a qualified electrician install a power
transfer switch. This switch must be
installed in accordance with the National
Electrical Code (NEC), which is published
by the National Fire Protection Association,
and all applicable state and local electrical
codes. Call a qualified electrician or check
with your utility company to see if they can
install the appropriate equipment.
For power outages, permanently installed
stationary generators are better suited for
providing backup power to the home. Even
a properly connected portable generator
can become overloaded. This may result in
overheating or stressing the generator com-
ponents, possibly leading to a generator
failure. Be sure to read instructions that
come with the generator to make sure you
operate it within its limitations for power
output.